Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

nc886 is induced by TGF-β and suppresses the microRNA pathway in ovarian cancer

  • Ji-Hye Ahn,
  • Hyun-Sung Lee,
  • Ju-Seog Lee,
  • Yeon-Su Lee,
  • Jong-Lyul Park,
  • Seon-Young Kim,
  • Jung-Ah Hwang,
  • Nawapol Kunkeaw,
  • Sung Yun Jung,
  • Tae Jin Kim,
  • Kwang-Soo Lee,
  • Sung Ho Jeon,
  • Inhan Lee,
  • Betty H. Johnson,
  • Jung-Hye Choi,
  • Yong Sun Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03556-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Ovarian cancers often display elevated TGF-β signaling but repressed miRNA expression. Here the authors identify that non-coding RNA nc886 expression is induced by TGF-β, which then binds to DICER and impairs miRNA maturation.