We investigated the role of actin filament associated protein 1 antisense RNA1 (AFAP1-AS1) lncRNA in promoting cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). qRT-PCR analysis of patient samples showed that AFAP1-AS1 expression was higher in CCA tumors than matched adjacent non-tumor tissue. AFAP1-AS1 levels were also higher in CCA cell lines (HuCCT1 and TFK-1) than a normal biliary epithelium cell line (HIBEpic). A...

The function of the vast majority of mammalian long noncoding (lnc) RNAs remains unknown. Here, analysis of a highly abundant mammalian lncRNA, OIP5-AS1, known as cyrano in zebrafish, revealed that OIP5-AS1 reduces cell proliferation. In human cervical carcinoma HeLa cells, the RNA-binding protein HuR, which enhances cell proliferation, associated with OIP5-AS1 and stabilized it. Tagging OIP5-A...

The long non-coding RNA, FAM83H antisense RNA 1 (head to head) (FAM83H-AS1), has exhibited a functional role as an oncogene in a number of different types of cancer. The aim of the present study was to reveal the dysregulation of FAM83H-AS1 in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) samples and elucidate its underlying associations with the Notch signaling pathway. The expression profiles of FAM83H-AS1 and ...

BACKGROUND Recent evidence has proven that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in cancer biology, while few lncRNAs have been characterized in NSCLC. Here, we characterized a novel lncRNA, SBF2 antisense RNA 1 (SBF2-AS1), in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS Quantitative real-time PCR was used to quantify SBF2-AS1 expression in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. The correl...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to determine the expression, roles and functional mechanisms of long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 (AFAP1-AS1) in the progression of ovarian cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS AFAP1-AS1 expression was assessed in ovarian cancer samples and ovarian cancer cell lines by quantitative real-time PCR. The association of AFAP1-AS1 expression with clinicopathological factors wa...

The MYB-related gene ASYMMETRIC LEAVES 1 (AS1) and its orthologs have an evolutionarily conserved role in specification of leaf cell identity. AS1 is expressed in leaf founder cells, where it functions as a heterodimer with the structurally unrelated AS2 proteins to repress activity of KNOTTED 1-like homeobox (KNOX) genes. AS1 therefore confines KNOX activity to the shoot apical meristem, where...