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. 2015 Aug 21;16(8):19886–19919. doi: 10.3390/ijms160819886

Table 5.

Other significant lncRNAs in CRC.

Names Location Expression Biological Events Putative Roles References
LOC285194 Chr3q13.31 tumor size, TNM stage, distant metastasis, prognosis, p53 transcription target, repression of miR-211, cell growth diagnostic and prognostic biomarker [153,154]
uc.73 Chr2q22.3 overall survival diagnostic and prognostic biomarker [155]
uc.388 Chr12q13.13 distal location of CRC diagnostic and prognostic biomarker [155]
lincRNA-p21 Chr6p21.2 higher expression in rectum, stage III tumors, pT and vascular invasion, sensitivity of radiotherapy by targeting the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, cell apoptosis, promote pro-apoptosis gene Noxa expression sensitivity of CRC radiotherapy [156,157]
GAS5 Chr1q25.1 tumor size, histological grade, TNM stage, prognosis, cell proliferation prognostic biomarker [158]
ncRAN Chr17q25.1 histological grade, tumors with liver metastases, prognosis, cell migration, invasion diagnostic and prognostic biomarker [159]
ncRuPAR Chr5q13.3 lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, Duck’s stage, histological grade, TNM stage, negatively associated with PAR-1 diagnostic biomarker [160]
MEG3 Chr14q32.2 histological grade, tumor invasion, TNM stage, prognosis, cell proliferation diagnostic and prognostic biomarker [161]
RP11-462C24.1 Chr4q25 distant metastasis, prognosis prognostic biomarker [162]
PRNCR1 Chr8q24.21 - SNPs in PRNCR1 may be involved in the risk of CRC (rs13252298, rs1456315, rs7007694, rs16901946 and rs1456315) - [163]
PVT-1 Chr8q24.21 cell proliferation, invasion, apoptosis, prognosis prognostic biomarker [164]
CRNDE Chr16q12.2 ↑ (tissue and plasma) regulating cellular metabolism by insulin/IGFs, a downstream target of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway or Raf/MAPK pathway diagnostic biomarker [165,166]
HULC Chr6p24.3 ↑ (colorectal hepatic metastasis) neither expressed in primary CRC samples nor normal tissues but upregulated in colorectal hepatic metastasis - [167]
PCAT-1 Chr8q24.21 distant metastasis, prognosis prognostic biomarker [168]
BANCR Chr9 ↑ or ↓ lymph node metastasis, tumor stage, contribute to cell migration by inducing EMT via an MEK/ERK-dependent mechanism, cell proliferation, apoptosis, G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, targeting p21 therapeutic application [169,170]
UCA1 Chr19p13.12 cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, tumor size, histological grade, tumor depth, prognosis diagnostic and prognostic biomarker [171]
ATB Chr14 - tumor size, tumor depth, lymphatic invasion, vascular invasion, lymph node metastasis, hematogenous metastases, prognosis prognostic biomarker [172]
LINC01296 Chr14q11.2 prognosis prognostic biomarker [173]
CCAL - promoting CRC progression and induced multidrug resistance by targeting activator protein 2α, shorter overall survival, worse response to adjuvant chemotherapy therapeutic application [174]

: upregulated; : downregulated; -: unknown.