TABLE 3.

Information of DANCR in breast cancer from six research articles.

Role of DANCR	DANCR expression in BC cell lines	Compared normal cell line	In vitro/in vivo validation	Tissue sample size	DANCR expression in tissues	References
Tumorigenesis	↑: MCF7, T47D, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468	Hs578Bst	Both	63 (TNBC)/63 (ANT)	↑: P = 0.009	Sha et al., 2017
Tumorigenesis	↑: MCF7, T47D, BT549, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, MDA-MB-453	MCF10A	Both	60 (TNBC)/10 (normal breast tissue); 60 (TNBC)/15 (Luminal A); 60 (TNBC)/15 (Luminal B)	↑: P < 0.001; ↑: P < 0.05; ↑: P < 0.01	Tang et al., 2018
Tumorigenesis	↑: MCF7, MDA-MB-231	MCF10A	Both	57 (TNBC)/57 (ANT)	↑: P < 0.05	Tao et al., 2019
Tumorigenesis	↑: MCF7, T47D, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468	MCF10A	Both	46 (BC)/46 (ANT)	↑: P < 0.01	Zhang K.J. et al., 2020
Tumor suppression	↓: MCF7, T47D, BT474, MDA-MB-436, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-231HM	MCF10A	Both	32 (BC)/32 (ANT)	↓: P < 0.0001	Li et al., 2017c
Tumor suppression	↓: MCF7, T47D, MDA-MB-231HM ↑: BT549	MCF10A	Both	25 (BC)/25 (ANT)	↓ (P-value was not provided)	Li et al., 2017b