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Studying Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Orthotopic Breast Cancer Model
Published on: March 20, 2020
HIF1A-AS2 predicts poor prognosis and regulates cell migration and invasion in triple-negative breast cancer
Yufei Wang1, Guochao Zhang1, Jie Han1
1Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Jining No.1 People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong, China.
Abstract:
The aberrant expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF1A)-antisense RNA 2 (HIF1A-AS2) was found in various human cancers including breast cancer. The aim of this study was to present more evidence about the role HIF1A-AS2 on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In our results, HIF1A-AS2 was also found to be upregulated in TNBC tissues compared with non-TNBC tissues or adjacent normal tissues. Besides, HIF1A-AS2 expression was also elevated in TNBC cell lines compared with the normal breast epithelial cell line. Moreover, high expression of HIF1A-AS2 was associated with lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and unfavorable histological grade in TNBC patients. Survival analysis showed a TNBC patient with high HIF1A-AS2 expression had shorter overall survival than patients with low HIF1A-AS2 expression, and HIF1A-AS2 high expression acted as an independent poor prognostic factor for overall survival in TNBC patients. The cell migration and invasion assays suggested inhibition of HIF1A-AS2 obviously depressed TNBC cell migration and invasion. In conclusion, HIF1A-AS2 serves as a novel biomarker for predicting clinical progression and prognosis in TNBC.
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