Frontiers in Genetics (Sep 2022)

The role of lncRNA H19 in tumorigenesis and drug resistance of human Cancers

  • Xun Zhang,
  • Xun Zhang,
  • Xun Zhang,
  • Mingpeng Luo,
  • Jiahang Zhang,
  • Jiahang Zhang,
  • Jiahang Zhang,
  • Bize Guo,
  • Shreya Singh,
  • Xixi Lin,
  • Xixi Lin,
  • Xixi Lin,
  • Hanchu Xiong,
  • Siwei Ju,
  • Siwei Ju,
  • Siwei Ju,
  • Linbo Wang,
  • Linbo Wang,
  • Yulu Zhou,
  • Yulu Zhou,
  • Jichun Zhou,
  • Jichun Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1005522
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Systemic therapy is one of the most significant cancer treatments. However, drug resistance often appears and has become the primary cause of cancer therapy failure. Regulation of drug target, drug metabolism and drug efflux, cell death escape (apoptosis, autophagy, et al.), epigenetic changes, and many other variables are complicatedly involved in the mechanisms of drug resistance. In various types of cancers, long non-coding RNA H19 (lncRNA H19) has been shown to play critical roles in tumor development, proliferation, metastasis, and multiple drug resistance as well. The efficacy of chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and targeted therapy are all influenced by the expression of H19, especially in breast cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer. Here, we summarize the relationship between lncRNA H19 and tumorigenesis, and illustrate the drug resistance mechanisms caused by lncRNA H19 as well. This review may provide more therapeutic potential targets for future cancer treatments.

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