1. Down-Regulation of LncRNA DGCR5 Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Cell Physiol Biochem 2016;40: DOI: /
Fig. 1. Down-regulation of DGCR5 in HCC tissue and serum samples. Data was calculated by 2-ΔΔCT, log transformed, analysed by paired t test and presented as box plots. Box plot explanation: upper horizontal line of box, 75th percentile; lower horizontal line of box, 25th percentile; horizontal bar within box, median; upper horizontal bar outside box, 95th percentile; lower horizontal bar outside box, 5th percentile. (A) relative expression level of DGCR5 in HCC tissues and the corresponding adjacent tissues. (B) relative expression level of DGCR5 in serum samples. (C) The HCC patients included in the study were divided into a high DGCR5 expression group and a low DGCR5 expression group according to the median value of relative DGCR5 expression in HCC tissues. Each experiment was performed in triplicate. (** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001).
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2. Down-Regulation of LncRNA DGCR5 Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Cell Physiol Biochem 2016;40: DOI: /
Fig. 2. DGCR5 as a biomarker for HCC diagnosis and prognosis. (A) the median expression level in HCC tissues was used as the cutoff, and Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to discover relationship between the expression of DGCR5 and prognosis of HCC patients. (B) receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnosis value of DGCR5 for HCC. (C) Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnosis value of DGCR5 for HCC. Area under the curve (AUC) was with a sensitivity of and a specificity of 0.8.
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3. Down-Regulation of LncRNA DGCR5 Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Cell Physiol Biochem 2016;40: DOI: /
Fig. 3. The stability of DGCR5 in human serum. The products of the amplification fragment of DGCR5 in serum were detected by agarose electrophoresis. (A and B) Serum samples were frozen and thawed for five times, and expression of DGCR5 detected by agarose electrophoresis and qRT-PCR. (C and D) Serum samples were incubated at room temperature for 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours, and expression of DGCR5 detected by agarose electrophoresis and qRT-PCR. The “t” and “h” are representative of times and hours, respectively. Each experiment was performed in triplicate.
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