Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Transcribed ultraconserved region 339 promotes carcinogenesis by modulating tumor suppressor microRNAs

  • Ivan Vannini,
  • Petra M. Wise,
  • Kishore B. Challagundla,
  • Meropi Plousiou,
  • Mirco Raffini,
  • Erika Bandini,
  • Francesca Fanini,
  • Giorgia Paliaga,
  • Melissa Crawford,
  • Manuela Ferracin,
  • Cristina Ivan,
  • Linda Fabris,
  • Ramana V. Davuluri,
  • Zhiyi Guo,
  • Maria Angelica Cortez,
  • Xinna Zhang,
  • Lu Chen,
  • Shuxing Zhang,
  • Cecilia Fernandez-Cymering,
  • Leng Han,
  • Silvia Carloni,
  • Samanta Salvi,
  • Hui Ling,
  • Mariam Murtadha,
  • Paolo Neviani,
  • Barbara J. Gitlitz,
  • Ite A. Laird-Offringa,
  • Patrick Nana-Sinkam,
  • Massimo Negrini,
  • Han Liang,
  • Dino Amadori,
  • Amelia Cimmino,
  • George A. Calin,
  • Muller Fabbri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01562-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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T-UCRs encode long non-coding RNAs implicated in human carcinogenesis, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, the authors identify uc.339 as an oncogene in lung cancer that is upregulated through the loss of TP53 and promotes Cyclin E activation by entrapping regulatory miRNAs.