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Emerging Roles of Long non-coding RNAs in The Tumor Microenvironment

Lisha Zhou1,*, Yingying Zhu1,*, Dongsheng Sun1✉, Qiang Zhang2✉

1. Taizhou University hospital, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, 318000, China
2. Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, 318000, China
*These authors contributed equally to this work

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Zhou L, Zhu Y, Sun D, Zhang Q. Emerging Roles of Long non-coding RNAs in The Tumor Microenvironment. Int J Biol Sci 2020; 16(12):2094-2103. doi:10.7150/ijbs.44420. https://www.ijbs.com/v16p2094.htm
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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a diverse class of longer than 200 nucleotides RNA transcripts that have limited protein coding capacity. LncRNAs display diverse cellular functions and widely participate in both physiological and pathophysiological processes. Aberrant expressions of lncRNAs are correlated with tumor progression, providing sound rationale for their targeting as attractive anti-tumor therapeutic strategies. Emerging evidences support that lncRNAs participate in tumor-stroma crosstalk and stimulate a distinctive and suitable tumor microenvironment (TME). The TME comprises several stromal cells such as cancer stem cells (CSCs), cancer-associated endothelial cells (CAEs), cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and infiltrated immune cells, all of which are involved in the complicated crosstalk with tumor cells to affect tumor progression. In this review, we summarize the essential properties and functional roles of known lncRNAs in related to the TME to validate lncRNAs as potential biomarkers and promising anti-cancer targets.

Keywords: long non-coding RNA, tumor microenvironment, immune cells, cancer-stem cells, cancer-associated endothelial cells, cancer-associated fibroblasts


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Zhou, L., Zhu, Y., Sun, D., Zhang, Q. (2020). Emerging Roles of Long non-coding RNAs in The Tumor Microenvironment. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 16(12), 2094-2103. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.44420.

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Zhou, L.; Zhu, Y.; Sun, D.; Zhang, Q. Emerging Roles of Long non-coding RNAs in The Tumor Microenvironment. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2020, 16 (12), 2094-2103. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.44420.

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Zhou L, Zhu Y, Sun D, Zhang Q. Emerging Roles of Long non-coding RNAs in The Tumor Microenvironment. Int J Biol Sci 2020; 16(12):2094-2103. doi:10.7150/ijbs.44420. https://www.ijbs.com/v16p2094.htm

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Zhou L, Zhu Y, Sun D, Zhang Q. 2020. Emerging Roles of Long non-coding RNAs in The Tumor Microenvironment. Int J Biol Sci. 16(12):2094-2103.

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