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. 2020 Jan 1;10(4):1479–1499. doi: 10.7150/thno.40659

Table 2.

Overexpression or knockdown effects of pseudogenes in vitro and in vivo

Pseudogenes Treatments Diseases Effects References
ANXA2P2 Knockdown HCC Inhibits migration and invasion of HCC cells in vitro Wang et al. (2019) 84
RACGAP1P Overexpression HCC Sequestrates miR-15-5p to trigger RhoA/ERK signaling;
Promotes cell growth and migration of HCC in vitro and in vivo
Wang et al. (2019) 85
SUMO1P3 Knockdown HCC Suppresses proliferation, migration,
invasion and enhances radio-sensitivity of HCC cells
Zhou et al. (2019) 87
UBE2CP3 Overexpression HCC Enhances HUVEC proliferation, migration and tube
formation by inducing ERK/HIF-1a/p70S6K/VEGFA signaling
Lin et al. (2018) 88
OCT4-pg1 Overexpression HCC Promotes HCC cell proliferation by activating AKT in vitro Pan et al. (2018) 89
OCT4-pg4 Knockdown HCC Suppresses cell proliferation and colony formation in vitro and in vivo Wang et al. (2013) 74
PTENP1 Overexpression HCC Inhibits HCC growth, migration and
invasion via the PTEN pathway in vitro and in vivo
Qian et al. (2017) 90
UBE2CP3 Knockdown HCC Suppresses the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in vitro and in vivo Cao et al. (2017) 91
INTS6P1 Knockdown HCC Induces HCC growth and migration in vitro and in vivo Peng et al. (2015) 92
PTENP1 Overexpression BC Promotes ER-positive cell growth and decreases PTEN1 and ERα;
Inhibits growth and migration and enhances PTEN1 in ER-negative cells
Yndestad et al. (2018) 95
CYP4Z2P Knockdown BC Releases miR-125a-3p to inhibit a hTERT-mediated apoptotic repression Li et al. (2017) 97
NANOGP8 Knockdown GC Suppresses DBC1 to inhibit cell proliferation and promote apoptosis Li et al. (2019) 101
OCT4-pg1 Overexpression GC Promotes expression levels of different growth factors to
induce GC cell proliferation and angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo
Hayashi et al. (2015) 105
DUXAP8 Knockdown RCC Increases miR-126 to inhibit CED-9 expression
to suppress RCC cell growth and migration in vitro
Huang et al. (2018) 106
PTENP1 Overexpression ccRCC Sequesters miR-21 to induce PTEN expression to suppress cell growth, migration, and
invasion and increase sensitivity to cisplatin and gemcitabine in vitro and in vivo
Yu et al. (2014) 107
CHIAP2 Overexpression LUAD Sequesters miR-873-3p and miR-3614-5p to inhibit cell proliferation and invasion Shang et al. (2019) 109
DUXAP8 Knockdown NSCLC Inhibits recruitment of LSD1 and EZH2 to the promoter regions of
EGR1 and RHOB to suppress NSCLC malignant phenotypes in vitro and in vivo
Sun et al. (2017) 110
DUXAP10 Knockdown NSCLC Promotes transcriptions of LATS2 and RRAD to restrain
NSCLC cell growth, migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo
Wei et al. (2017) 111
MYLKP1 Overexpression CRC Suppresses expression of MYLK and promotes cell proliferation and migration Lynn et al. (2018) 112
Han et al. (2011) 80
SUMO1P3 Knockdown CRC Suppresses expression levels of cyclin D1, Vimentin, and VEGFA and
enhances E-cadherin to reduce CRC malignant behavior in vitro and in vivo
Zhang et al. (2017) 113
TPTE2P1 Knockdown CRC Promotes cell cycle arrest at S phase and induces apoptosis
by activating the BCL2/Caspase 3 signaling cascade in vitro and in vivo
Dai et al. (2019) 114
DUXAP8 Knockdown GBM Suppresses cell proliferation and colony formation in GBM in vitro Zhao et al. (2019) 117
LGMNP1 Overexpression GBM Reduces DNA damage processes and apoptosis to resist radiotherapy Xu et al. (2019) 118
HMGA1P6 HMGA1P7 Overexpression PT Functions as a decoy for HMGA1-targeting miRNAs to promote
HMGA1 expression and induce AtT20 cell proliferation and migration
Esposito et al. (2015) 119
OCT4-pg1 Knockdown CC Suppresses cell proliferation and migration
and promotes apoptosis of CC cells in vitro and in vivo
Yu et al. (2019) 120
DUXAP8 Knockdown PDAC Increases expression levels of CDKN1A, and KLF2 to inhibit
cell proliferation and promote apoptosis in vitro and in vivo
Lian et al. (2018) 121
SUMO1P3 Knockdown PDAC Reverses the process of EMT to inhibit
cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro
Tian et al. (2018) 122
TUSC2P Overexpression ESCC Suppresses cell growth and invasion in a miRNA-binding manner in vitro Liu et al. (2018) 123
FTH1P3 Knockdown ESCC Inhibits cell growth, migration and invasion by silencing Sp1 and NF-κB in vitro Yang et al. (2018) 124
Braf-rs1 Overexpression DLBCL Sequesters miRNAs to activate MAPK signaling and cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo Karreth et al. (2015) 73
BRAFP1 Overexpression DLBCL Sequesters miRNAs to activate MAPK signaling and cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo Karreth et al. (2015) 73
OCT4-pg1 Knockdown CML Reduces expression and activity of OCT4 as well as ABCB1 and
activates ALOX5 and ABCC1 to render cell sensitive to chemotherapy
Lettnin et al. (2019) 126
HMGA1P6 HMGA1P7 Overexpression TC Sequesters HMGA1-targeting miRNAs to increase cell
proliferation, migration and invasion and suppress apoptosis in vitro
Esposito et al. (2014) 72
FTH1P3 Knockdown OSCC Suppresses cell proliferation, migration and invasion by reducing
activation of PI3K/Akt/GSK3β/Wnt/β-catenin signaling
Liu et al. (2018) 127
ANXA2P3 Knockdown BA Suppresses proliferation, increases apoptosis and induces cell cycle
arrest in G1 phase in vitro by inhibiting ANXA2/ANXA2P3 signaling
Nuerzhati et al. (2019) 128
HK2P1 Knockdown SPE Inhibits glucose uptake, lactate production and
decidualization in HESCs by releasing miR-6887-3p
Lv et al. (2018) 129
PTENP1 Overexpression AD Increases expression of PTEN to induce apoptosis and inhibit
proliferation of HASMCs by sequestering miR-21 in vitro and in vivo
Lai et al. (2019) 134

Abbreviations: AD: aortic dissection; BA: biliary atresia; BC: breast cancer; CC: cervical cancer; ccRCC: clear cell renal cell carcinoma; CML: chronic myelocytic leukemia; CRC: colorectal cancer; DLBCL: diffuse large B cell lymphoma; EMT: epithelial to mesenchymal transition; ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; GBM: glioblastoma; GC: gastric cancer; HASMC: human aortic smooth muscle cell; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; HESC: human endometrial stromal cell; HUVEC: human umbilical vein endothelial cell; LUAD: lung adenocarcinoma; NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; OSCC: oral squamous cell carcinoma; PDAC: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; PT: pituitary tumor; RCC: renal cell carcinoma; SPE: severe preeclampsia; TC: thyroid carcinoma.