Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

SNHG5 promotes colorectal cancer cell survival by counteracting STAU1-mediated mRNA destabilization

  • Nkerorema Djodji Damas,
  • Michela Marcatti,
  • Christophe Côme,
  • Lise Lotte Christensen,
  • Morten Muhlig Nielsen,
  • Roland Baumgartner,
  • Helene Maria Gylling,
  • Giulia Maglieri,
  • Carsten Friis Rundsten,
  • Stefan E. Seemann,
  • Nicolas Rapin,
  • Simon Thézenas,
  • Søren Vang,
  • Torben Ørntoft,
  • Claus Lindbjerg Andersen,
  • Jakob Skou Pedersen,
  • Anders H. Lund

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13875
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Several lncRNAs have been linked to cancer. Here, the authors identify SNHG5 as a long non-coding RNA promoting proliferation and survival of colorectal cancer cells by protecting specific mRNAs from STAU1-mediated degradation.