UCA1 Articles

Accumulating evidence indicates that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs) may be biomarkers for the diagnosis and prediction of recurrence in tumor patients because they play an important role in tumorigenesis and progression.

CRISPR/Cas9 is a novel and effective genome editing technique, but its application is not widely expanded to manipulate long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) expression. The lncRNA urothelial carcinoma-associated 1 (UCA1) is upregulated in bladder cancer and promotes the progression of bladder cancer.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) UCA1 have been shown to paly an important regulatory roles in cancer biology, and UCA1 dysfunction is related to TNM stage, metastasis and postoperative survival in several cancers.

Numerous studies suggest that several long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in bladder cancer development and progression. LncRNA-urothelial cancer associated 1 (UCA1) is highly expressed in bladder cancer tissues and cells, and it has been shown to play an important role in regulating aggressive phenotypes of bladder cancer cells.

Despite great scientific advances have been achieved in cancer treatment in recent years, the death rate of bladder cancer has been staying at a high level. Metformin, a widely-used and low-cost diabetes medicine, might have the potential of anticancer.