Furthermore, candidate biomarkers such as SOX11 and hsa-miR-204 which could cause cell proliferation but inhibit invasion or metastasis may be of importance in understanding the molecular mechanism of pancreatic oncogenesis and could be possible therapeutic targets for malignant pancreatic tumors.
The aim of this study is to determine the roles of NUAK1 (a downstream of Akt) and miR-204 in the invasiveness and metastasis of NSCLC and to reveal the correlation between NUAK1 and miR-204.
In HCC, the miR-204-5p expression was downregulated in the metastasis, vasoinvasion, and advanced stage (III and IV) subgroups compared with their counterparts.
Taken together, the present data indicated that miR-204 is a metastasis-associated gene and may contribute to the progression of cervical cancer by regulating TCF12, providing novel insights, including that miR-204/TCF12 may be an important mechanism for cervical cancer metastasis.
Loss of miR-1 (p = 0.0048), miR-101 (p = 0.0001) and miR-204 (p = 0.0004) in metastasizing tumors and associated metastases (p = 0.0151, 0.0019 and 0.0003, respectively) distinguished patients with metastatic and nonmetastatic penile squamous cell carcinoma.
The impacts of miR-204 on BC cell growth and metastasis in vitro were evaluated by both loss-of-function and gain-of-function assays (CCK-8, crystal violet staining, wound healing and transwell assays).
Subsequently, we demonstrated that ARNILA functioned as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for miR-204 to facilitate expression of its target gene Sox4, which is known to induce EMT and contribute to breast cancer progression, thereby promoting EMT, invasion and metastasis of TNBC.
We herein systematically examined that miR-204 suppressed both proliferation and metastasis of gastric cancer AGS cells. miR-204 directly targeted SOX4.
The aim of this study is to determine the roles of NUAK1 and miR-204 in the drug resistance and metastasis of liver cancer and to reveal their relationship.
Downregulation of miR-204 was related to PTC extrathyroidal extension, high T-stage, lymph metastasis, BRAF V600E mutation, and aggressive tall cell variant.
These data demonstrate that miR-204 plays an important role in regulating metastasis of gastric cancer, which is involved in post-transcriptional repression of SIRT1.
In addition, miR-204-5p overexpression resulted in a significant alteration in metabolic properties of cancer cells and suppression of tumor growth and metastasis in mouse breast cancer models.
Our study provided evidence that miR-204 may suppress the metastasis and invasion of GC cells through the regulation of the EMT process by targeting snai1.
The UCA1-miR-204-CXCR4 regulatory network regulated the growth and metastasis of PCa, providing new insight in the management of patients with such malignancy.