Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States.
Semin Cancer Biol. 2012 Apr;22(2):166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2011.12.001. Epub 2011 Dec 10.
The BamHI A rightward transcripts are a set of alternatively splicing transcripts produced by Epstein-Barr Virus that are highly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. These transcripts contain several open reading frames as well as precursors for twenty-two miRNAs. Although the putative proteins corresponding to these open reading frames have not been detected, several studies have identified properties that are interesting and potentially significant with respect to cellular transformation. The miRNAs, however, are very abundant in all nasopharyngeal carcinomas and several potentially significant functions have been identified for some of the miRNAs. This article will focus on the nature of this complicated set of transcripts and the evidence that they contribute to the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
BamHI A 右向转录物是一组由 Epstein-Barr 病毒产生的选择性剪接转录物,在鼻咽癌中高度表达。这些转录物包含几个开放阅读框以及 22 个 miRNA 的前体。尽管尚未检测到与这些开放阅读框相对应的假定蛋白,但已有几项研究确定了与细胞转化有关的有趣且潜在重要的特性。然而,miRNA 在所有鼻咽癌中都非常丰富,并且已经确定了一些 miRNA 的一些潜在重要功能。本文将重点介绍这组复杂转录物的性质,以及它们有助于鼻咽癌发展的证据。