Publications by authors named "Zhuochen Zhao"

Background: Aberrant accumulation of R-loops leads to DNA damage, genome instability and even cell death. Therefore, the timely removal of harmful R-loops is essential for the maintenance of genome integrity. Nucleolar R-loops occupy up to 50% of cellular R-loops due to the frequent activation of Pol I transcription.

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U3 snoRNA is essential for ribosome biogenesis during interphase. Upon mitotic onset, the nucleolus disassembles and U3 snoRNA relocates to the perichromosomal region (PR) to be considered as a chromosome passenger. Whether U3 controls mitosis remains unknown.

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Ferroptosis is an emerging form of non-apoptotic regulated cell death which is different from cell death mechanisms such as autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis. It is characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxide accumulation. Circular RNA (circRNA) is a newly studied evolutionarily conserved type of non-coding RNA with a covalent closed-loop structure.

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Purpose: Long noncoding RNAs (LncRNAs) play complex but important roles in the progression of various tumors. This study aimed to elucidate the functional mechanisms of the HLA complex group 11 (HCG11) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

Patients And Methods: HCG11 levels in NPC specimens were determined by fluorescence hybridization (FISH) and qPCR.

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Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been verified to play fatal role in regulating the progression of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Although lncRNAs play important role in regulating the autophagy of tumor cells, the function and molecular mechanism of LINC01559 in regulating lung cancer development remain to be elucidated.

Method And Materials: In this study, we used bioinformatics to screen out autophagy-related lncRNAs from TCGA-LUAD repository.

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Background: TP53 is an important tumor suppressor gene on human 17th chromosome with its mutations more than 60% in tumor cells. Lung cancer is the highest incidence malignancy in men around the world. N-6 methylase (m6A) is an enzyme that plays an important role in mRNA splicing, translation, and stabilization.

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Background: N-6 methylation (m6A) pushes forward an immense influence on the occurrence and development of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, the methylation on non-coding RNA in LUAD, especially long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), has not been received sufficient attention.

Methods: Spearman correlation analysis was used to screen lncRNA correlated with m6A regulators expression from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repositories, respectively.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive power of the platelet to albumin ratio (PAR) on survival outcomes of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Patients And Methods: In all, 198 patients with NSCLC were recruited. The X-tile software was performed to identify the optimal cutoff values for PAR, platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR).

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