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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2022; 28(27): 3435-3454
Published online Jul 21, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i27.3435
Published online Jul 21, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i27.3435
RING finger and WD repeat domain 3 regulates proliferation and metastasis through the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma
Ruo-Peng Liang, Jie Zhao, Qin-Wei Lu, Rong-Tao Zhu, Wei-Jie Wang, Jian Li, Kai Bo, Chi-Xian Zhang, Yu-Ling Sun, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Xiao-Xue Zhang, Department of Physical Examination, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Author contributions: Sun YL conceived the experiments; Liang RP, Zhang XX, Zhao J, Lu QW, Zhu RT, Wang WJ, Li J, Bo K and Zhang CX contributed sample collection/reagents/materials/analysis tools, performed all experiments, and analyzed the data; Liang RP, Zhang XX and Zhao J analyzed the results and wrote the paper; all authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China , No. 82172944 and No. 81900558 ; Co-operation Research Plan of Medical Science and Technology of Henan Province , No. LHGJ20190149 ; and The Key Scientific Research Projects of Universities of Henan Province , No. 21A320052 .
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, No. 10[2017].
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All animal experimental protocols were conducted following the ARRIVE guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments, https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/arrive-guidelines) and approved by Laboratory Animals and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (Approval Number: 10[2017]).
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
ARRIVE guidelines statement: The authors have read the ARRIVE guidelines, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the ARRIVE guidelines.
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Corresponding author: Yu-Ling Sun, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 50 West Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China. ylsun@zzu.edu.cn
Received: February 7, 2022
Peer-review started: February 7, 2022
First decision: April 5, 2022
Revised: April 16, 2022
Accepted: June 3, 2022
Article in press: June 3, 2022
Published online: July 21, 2022
Processing time: 161 Days and 6.1 Hours
Peer-review started: February 7, 2022
First decision: April 5, 2022
Revised: April 16, 2022
Accepted: June 3, 2022
Article in press: June 3, 2022
Published online: July 21, 2022
Processing time: 161 Days and 6.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The relationship between RING finger and WD repeat domain 3 (RFWD3) and tumorigenesis process has been reported occasionally, but the relationship between RFWD3 and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still unclear. This research reports the significant role of RFWD3 in HCC development by using bioinformatics databases, clinical samples, cell phenotypes, in vivo experiments, and microarray analyses. It provides evidence that RFWD3 expression might affect the tumorigenesis process of HCC by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathways, laying a basic foundation for future relevant studies.