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Table 2 Validated ceRNA networks shaped by the ceRNA function of lncRNAs in HCC

From: The emerging roles of non-coding competing endogenous RNA in hepatocellular carcinoma

ceRNA network type

ceRNA member

Shared miRNA(s)

Competing target (mRNA)

ceRNA role

Experiments related to mechanism

Related HCC function mechanisms

Ref

LncRNA–miRNA–mRNA

HULC

miR-372

PRKACB

Oncogenic

Cellular

Invasion and metastasis

[12]

  

miR-6825-5p, miR-6845-5p, miR-6886-3p

USP22

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Chemosensitivity

[52]

  

miR-200a-3p

ZEB1

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Invasion and EMT

[53]

  

miR-186

HMGA2

Oncogenic

Overexpression, antimiRs in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[54]

 

HOTAIR

miR-122

DNMTs

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[55]

  

miR-23b-3p

ZEB1

Oncogenic

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Invasion and EMT

[56]

 

MALAT1

miR-30a-5p

Vimentin

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Migration and invasion

[57]

  

miR-204

SIRT1

Oncogenic

Cellular

Migration and invasion

[58]

  

miR-143-3p

ZEB1

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation and invasion

[59]

 

MIAT

miR-214

EZH2

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[60]

 

LINC00974

miR-642

KRT19

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[61]

 

CCAT1

Let-7

HMGA2, c-Myc

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation and migration

[62]

 

DANCR

miR-214, miR-320a, miR-199a

CTNNB1

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Invasion and metastasis

[63]

  

miR-27a-3p

ROCK1, LIMK1, COFILIN1

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[64]

  

miR-216a-5p

KLF12

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Migration and invasion

[65]

 

HOTTIP

miR-125b

HOXA

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and migration

[66]

 

ATB

miR-200 family

ZEB1, ZEB2

Oncogenic

Overexpression, knockdown in mouse xenografts

Invasion and EMT

[67]

 

UCA1

miR-216b

FGFR1

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[68]

  

miR-203

Snail2

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[69]

 

FAL1

miR-1236

AFP, ZEB1

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation and migration

[70]

 

MUF

miR-34a

Snail1

Oncogenic

overexpression in mouse xenografts

EMT

[71]

 

HOXD-AS1

miR-130a-3p

SOX4

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Migration and invasion

[72]

 

SNHG8

miR-149-5p

PPM1F

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[73]

 

CDKN2B-AS1

let-7c-5p

NAP1L1

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[74]

 

FLVCR1-AS1

miR-513c

MET

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[75]

 

ZFAS1

miR-150

ZEB1, MMP14, MMP16

Oncogenic

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[76]

 

NEAT1

miR-485

STAT3

Oncogenic

Cellular

Migration and invasion

[77]

 

TUG1

miR-142-3p

ZEB1

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and EMT

[78]

  

miR-144

JAK2

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and migration

[79]

 

ANRIL

miR-122-5p

NR

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[80]

 

n335586

miR-924

CKMT1A

Oncogenic

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Migration and invasion

[81]

 

HOXA-AS2

miR-520c-3p

GPC3

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and EMT

[82]

 

PCAT-1

miR-215

CRKL

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown, miR upregulation in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[83]

 

MCM3AP-AS1

miR-194-5p

FOXA1

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[84]

 

SNHG6-003

miR-26a/b

TAK1

Oncogenic

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[85]

 

TP73-AS1

miR-200a

HMGB1, RAGE

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation

[86]

 

DSCR8

miR-485-5p

FZD7

Oncogenic

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[87]

 

LINC00707

miR-206

CDK14

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[88]

 

AGAP2-AS1

miR-16-5p

ANXA11

Oncogenic

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[89]

 

miat

miR-22-3p

sirt1

Oncogenic

Knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[90]

 

DSCAM-AS1

miR-338-3p

CyclinD1, SMO

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[91]

 

XIST

miR-194-5p

MAPK1

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[92]

  

miR-497-5p

PDCD4

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[93]

  

miR-92b

Smad7

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression, knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[94]

 

LINC00657

miR-106a-5p

PTEN

Tumor suppressive

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[95]

 

MEG3

miR-9-5p

SOX11

Tumor suppressive

Cellular

Proliferation

[96]

 

SNHG16

miR-93

NR

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Cell proliferation and chemosensitivity

[97]

 

CASC2

miR-367

FBXW7

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression downregulation in mouse xenografts

EMT

[98]

 

MIR31HG

miR-575

ST7L

Tumor suppressive

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and metastasis

[99]

 

FTX

miR-374a

WIF1, PTEN, WNT5A

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Invasion and EMT

[100]

  1. ceRNA: competing endogenous RNA; lncRNA: long noncoding RNA; mRNAs: messenger RNAs; miRNA: microRNA; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; EMT: epithelial–mesenchymal transition; Ref: reference