Long noncoding RNA MHENCR promotes melanoma progression via regulating miR-425/489-mediated PI3K-Akt pathway.

Xiangjun Chen, Hao Dong, Sha Liu, Li Yu, Dexiong Yan, Xingwei Yao, Weijing Sun, Dezhi Han, Guozhen Gao

PubMed · 2017 · 70 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

functional experiments further confirmed the pro-growth and pro-metastasis roles of MHENCR. Collectively, our findings revealed that MHENCR functions as an oncogene in melanoma via activating miR-425/489-mediated PI3K-Akt pathway, and may be a therapeutic target for melanoma.

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