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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 1-8Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-015-0396-8
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Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Long noncoding RNAs; LincRNA-p21; Prognosis; Biomarker
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- Agency of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology [2013035]
- Research Office of Jiangsu Cancer Hospital [ZK201401]
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Despite improved survival for the patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the prognosis after relapse is poor. LincRNA-p21 is a long intergenic noncoding RNA, which is located on chromosome 17, approximately 15 kb upstream from the Cdkn1a (p21) gene. However, its clinical importance and biological role in DLBCL prognosis are unknown. In this study, we conducted quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction to investigate the lincRNA-p21 expression in DLBCL. We found that lincRNA-p21 levels were markedly decreased in DLBCL tissues compared with normal. Its expression level was significantly correlated with Ann Arbor stages, B symptoms, performance status, IPI score and serum LDH. Moreover, patients with high levels of LincRNA-p21 expression had a favorable overall survival and progression-free survival. Furthermore, ectopic expression of lincRNA-p21 inhibited cell proliferation, arrested cycle progression and modulated cyclin D1, CDK4 and p21 expression in DLBCL cell lines. These results demonstrated lincRNA-p21 can be identified as a potential novel prognostic biomarker for prognosis in DLBCL and regulate cell proliferation and cycle in vitro. Our findings highlight the value of integrated comprehensive analysis to identify prognostic markers and genetic driver events not previously implicated in DLBCL.
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