Construction of differential mRNA-lncRNA crosstalk networks based on ceRNA hypothesis uncover key roles of lncRNAs implicated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 52, 2016, Pages 85728-85740

  Yang, Shuang ^a,c   Ning, Qianqian ^a,c   Zhang, Guobin ^b   Sun, Hong ^d   Wang, Zhen ^b   Li, Yixue ^a,b,c,e  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Competing endogenous RNA network; ESCC; Intrinsic subtype; LncRNA; Pathology Section

Indexed keywords

COMPETING ENDOGENOUS RNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 186; MICRORNA 26B; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 85007414729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13828     Document Type: Article

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