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Table 1 The proportion of circRNAs with different functions in cancers

From: Cancer-related circular RNA: diverse biological functions

The types of cancers

Acting as miRNA sponge

Regulating transcription

Binding to protein

Translating to protein

Other function

Hepatocellular carcinoma

79.6% (39/49)

2.0% (1/49)

4.1% (2/49)

2.0% (1/49)

12.2% (6/49)

Lung cancer

79.4% (27/34)

2.9% (1/34)

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17.6% (6/34)

Breast cancer

87.9% (29/33)

/

3.0% (1/33)

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9.1% (3/33)

Gastric cancer

84.8% (28/33)

3.0% (1/33)

6.1% (2/33)

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9.1% (3/33)

Glioma

82.6% (19/23)

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4.3% (1/23)

8.7% (2/23)

4.3% (1/23)

Colorectal cancer

69.6% (16/23)

4.3% (1/23)

8.7% (2/23)

/

17.4% (4/23)

Bladder cancer

94.7% (18/19)

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5.3% (1/19)

Osteosarcoma

88.2% (15/17)

5.9% (1/17)

5.9% (1/17)

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5.9% (1/17)

Cervical cancer

88.9% (8/9)

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11.1% (1/9)

Oral squamous cell carcinomas

55.6% (5/9)

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44.4% (4/9)

Leukemia

85.7% (6/7)

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14.3% (1/7)

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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

71.4% (5/7)

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28.6% (2/7)

Pancreatic cancer

100.0% (6/6)

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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

100.0% (6/6)

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Glioblastoma

66.7% (4/6)

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16.7% (1/6)

16.7% (1/6)

Prostate cancer

75.0% (3/4)

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25.0% (1/4)

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

100.0% (3/3)

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Renal carcinoma

100.0% (3/3)

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma

100.0% (2/2)

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Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

100.0% (1/1)

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