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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Apr 3;1826(1):10.1016/j.bbcan.2012.03.005. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2012.03.005

Table 1.

Representative snoRNAs involved in cancer and their proposed roles in tumorigenesis.

SnoRNAs Class Changes Proposed role Cancer type References
U50 C/D box Decreased TS Breast & Prostate cancer [53, 54]
h5sn2 H/ACA Decreased TS Meningioma [51]
RNU43 C/D box Decreased TS Breast cancer & HNSCC [64]
RNU44 C/D box Decreased TS Breast cancer & HNSCC [64]
snoRD33 C/D box Increased OG NSCLC [58]
snoRD66 C/D box Increased OG NSCLC [58]
snoRD76 C/D box Increased OG NSCLC [58]
snoRA42 H/ACA box Increased OG NSCLC [58,104]
snoRD44 C/D box Increased OG Breast cancer [110]

TS, tumor suppressor; OG, oncogene