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Pseudogene PTENP1 Functions as a Competing Endogenous RNA to Suppress Clear-Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Progression
24 Sept 2014
Abstract excerpt
PTENP1 is a pseudogene of the PTEN tumor suppression gene (TSG). The functions of PTENP1 in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) have not yet been studied. We found that PTENP1 is downregulated in ccRCC tissues and cells due to methylation. PTENP1 and PTEN are direct targets of miRNA miR21 and their expression is suppressed by miR21 in ccRCC cell lines. miR21 expression promotes ccRCC cell proliferation,...
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