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N-Blr, A Primate-Specific Non-Coding Transcript Leads To Colorectal Cancer Invasion And Migration., Isidore Rigoutsos, Sang Kil Lee, Su Youn Nam, Simone Anfossi, Barbara Pasculli, Martin Pichler, Yi Jing, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Aristeidis G. Telonis, Simona Rossi, Cristina Ivan, Tina Catela Ivkovic, Linda Fabris, Peter M. Clark, Hui Ling, Masayoshi Shimizu, Roxana S. Redis, Maitri Y Shah, Xinna Zhang, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Eun Jung Jung, Aristotelis Tsirigos, Li Huang, Jana Ferdin, Roberta Gafà, Riccardo Spizzo, Milena S. Nicoloso, Anurag N. Paranjape, Maryam Shariati, Aida Tiron, Jen Jen Yeh, Raul Teruel-Montoya, Lianchun Xiao, Sonia A. Melo, David Menter, Zhi-Qin Jiang, Elsa R. Flores, Massimo Negrini, Ajay Goel, Menashe Bar-Eli, Sendurai A. Mani, Chang Gong Liu, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Manel Esteller, Scott Kopetz, Giovanni Lanza, George A. Calin May 2017

N-Blr, A Primate-Specific Non-Coding Transcript Leads To Colorectal Cancer Invasion And Migration., Isidore Rigoutsos, Sang Kil Lee, Su Youn Nam, Simone Anfossi, Barbara Pasculli, Martin Pichler, Yi Jing, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Aristeidis G. Telonis, Simona Rossi, Cristina Ivan, Tina Catela Ivkovic, Linda Fabris, Peter M. Clark, Hui Ling, Masayoshi Shimizu, Roxana S. Redis, Maitri Y Shah, Xinna Zhang, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Eun Jung Jung, Aristotelis Tsirigos, Li Huang, Jana Ferdin, Roberta Gafà, Riccardo Spizzo, Milena S. Nicoloso, Anurag N. Paranjape, Maryam Shariati, Aida Tiron, Jen Jen Yeh, Raul Teruel-Montoya, Lianchun Xiao, Sonia A. Melo, David Menter, Zhi-Qin Jiang, Elsa R. Flores, Massimo Negrini, Ajay Goel, Menashe Bar-Eli, Sendurai A. Mani, Chang Gong Liu, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Manel Esteller, Scott Kopetz, Giovanni Lanza, George A. Calin

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Non-coding RNAs have been drawing increasing attention in recent years as functional data suggest that they play important roles in key cellular processes. N-BLR is a primate-specific long non-coding RNA that modulates the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, facilitates cell migration, and increases colorectal cancer invasion.

RESULTS: We performed multivariate analyses of data from two independent cohorts of colorectal cancer patients and show that the abundance of N-BLR is associated with tumor stage, invasion potential, and overall patient survival. Through in vitro and in vivo experiments we found that N-BLR facilitates migration primarily via crosstalk with E-cadherin and ZEB1. We showed that …


A Review Of The Signal Transduction Pathways Involved In Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Induced In Breast Cancer Metastasis And Their Cross-Talks, Kasey Cervantes '17 May 2017

A Review Of The Signal Transduction Pathways Involved In Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Induced In Breast Cancer Metastasis And Their Cross-Talks, Kasey Cervantes '17

Independent Study

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) is a biological process utilized by epithelial cells to transform into motile mesenchymal cells, initiating metastasis in cancer. EMT is also utilized during development and wound healing [10]. This process allows for cancerous cells to detach themselves from their primary tumor and invade normal tissue in preferred organ sites, forming secondary tumors called metastases. Metastasis is very important in the progression of cancer in patients as it the process responsible for the mortality of patients through the collection of metastases that effect vital organs like the brain, lung, or immune system. The most common metastases for malignant …