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Table 3 Validated ceRNA networks shaped by the ceRNA function of circRNAs 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

CircRNA–miRNA–mRNA

circASAP1

miR-326, miR-532-5p

MAPK1, CSF-1

Oncogenic

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[103]

 

circCdr1as

miR-1270

AFP

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation and migration

[104]

 

circCdr1as

miR-7

CCNE1, PIK3CD

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation and invasion

[105]

 

circABCC2

miR-665

ABCC2

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[106]

 

circ_104718

miR-218-5p

TXNDC5

Oncogenic

overexpression, siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts, miR mimics, miR inhibitors

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[107]

 

circ_104075

miR-582-3p

YAP

Oncogenic

CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of upstream positive regulator in mouse models

Proliferation

[108]

 

circFBLIM1

miR-346

FBLIM1

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[109]

 

circ_100338

miR-141-3p

RHEB

Oncogenic

Cellular

Migration and invasion

[110]

 

circ_0067934

miR-1324

FZD5

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[111]

 

circ_0078710

miR-31

HDAC, CDK2

Oncogenic

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[112]

 

circ_ CDYL

miR-892a, miR-328-3p

HDGF, HIF1AN

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and chemoresistance

[113]

 

circ_ DB

miR-34a

USP7

Oncogenic

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[114]

 

circ_101368

miR-200a

HMGB1, RAGE

Oncogenic

Cellular

Migration and invasion

[115]

 

circ_001569

miR-411-5p, miR-432-5p

–

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Migration and invasion

[116]

 

circ_0015756

miR-7

FAK

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[117]

 

circRBM23

miR-138

CCND3

Oncogenic

Overexpression, siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and migration

[118]

 

circ_0016788

miR-486

CDK4

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[119]

 

circ_0000673

miR-767-3p

SET

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[120]

 

circ_0005075

miR-431

-------

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[121]

  

miR-335

MAPK1

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[122]

 

circ_BIRC6

miR-3918

Bcl2

Oncogenic

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[123]

 

circ_ZNF652

miR-203, miR-502-5p

Snail

Oncogenic

Knockdown in mouse xenografts

EMT

[124]

 

circ ZFR

miR-3619-5p

CTNNB1

Oncogenic

Cellular

Proliferation and EMT

[125]

 

circ_0008450

miR-214-3p

EZH2

Oncogenic

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[126]

 

circ_0000517

miR‑326

SMAD6

Oncogenic

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion

[127]

 

circNFATC3

miR-548I

NFATC3

Tumor suppressive

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[128]

 

circ_103809

miR-620

-------

Tumor suppressive

Cellular

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[129]

 

circC3P1

miR-4641

PCK1

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts, miR mimics

Proliferation, migration and invasion

[130]

 

circ_0091570

miR-1307

ISM1

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression, siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and migration

[131]

 

circ_0001649

miR-127-5p, miR-612, miR-4688

SHPRH

Tumor suppressive

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and migration

[132]

 

circMTO1

miR-9

p21

Tumor suppressive

siRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and invasion

[133]

 

cSMARCA5

miR-17-3p, miR-181b-5p

TIMP3

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Proliferation and migration

[134]

 

circSETD3

miR-421

MAPK-14

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[135]

 

circTRIM33-12

miR-191

TET1

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression, shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation, migration, invasion and immune evasion

[136]

 

circADAMTS13

miR-484

ADAMTS13

Tumor suppressive

Cellular

Proliferation

[137]

 

circADAMTS14

miR-572

RCAN1

Tumor suppressive

Overexpression in mouse xenografts, miR mimics, miR inhibitors

Proliferation and invasion

[138]

 

circSMAD2

miR-629

SMAD2

Tumor suppressive

Cellular

Migration, invasion and EMT

[139]

 

circLARP4

miR-761

RUNX3

Tumor suppressive

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[140]

 

circLARP4

miR-761

RUNX3

Tumor suppressive

shRNA knockdown in mouse xenografts

Proliferation

[140]

 

circ_0005986

miR-129-5p

Notch1

Tumor suppressive

Cellular

Proliferation

[141]

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