Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

LncBRM initiates YAP1 signalling activation to drive self-renewal of liver cancer stem cells

  • Pingping Zhu,
  • Yanying Wang,
  • Jiayi Wu,
  • Guanling Huang,
  • Benyu Liu,
  • Buqing Ye,
  • Ying Du,
  • Guangxia Gao,
  • Yong Tian,
  • Lei He,
  • Zusen Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13608
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Liver cancer stem cells (CSCs) may contribute to the high rate of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Here, the authors show that the long coding RNA, LcnBRM, regulates the self-renewal of liver CSCs and tumour initiation through binding to BAF complex thereby activating YAP1.