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Published on: April 12, 2019
FAM64A Promotes Osteosarcoma Cell Growth and Metastasis and Is Mediated by miR-493
Ying Jiang1, Chunlei Zhou1, Qiang Gao1
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China.
Abstract:
Aberrant expression of FAM64A was correlated with cell proliferation in various cancer types. We examined the expression of FAM64A and the upstream gene miR-493 in OS. The functions of miR-493 were revealed through extensive experiments. We found an increase of FAM64A gene and protein in OS tissues. Overexpression of FAM64A resulted in promoting tumor proliferation, migration, and invasion. The miR-493 targeted and negatively regulated FAM64A. Our data showed that upregulation of FAM64A in OS correlated with poor prognosis.
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