Pivotal role of long non-coding ribonucleic acid-X-inactive specific transcript in regulating immune checkpoint programmed death ligand 1 through a shared pathway between miR-194-5p and miR-155-5p in hepatocellular carcinoma
Sara M Atwa, Heba Handoussa, Karim M Hosny, Margarete Odenthal, Hend M El Tayebi
Sara M Atwa, Heba Handoussa, Pharmaceutical Biology Department, German University in Cairo, Cairo 11865, Egypt
Karim M Hosny, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
Margarete Odenthal, Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne 50924, Germany
Hend M El Tayebi, Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Author contributions: El-Tayebi HM and Odenthal M designed and coordinated the study; El-Tayebi HM supported data interpretation and analysis; Handoussa H designed and supervised the natural product study; Atwa SM performed the experiments, acquired and analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Hosny KA provided tissue samples and clinical data; all authors approved the final version of the article to be published.
Institutional review board statement: The use of human tissue samples and clinical data was approved by the ethics committee of the German University in Cairo, all patients provided signed informed consent, and the research was carried out in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interests.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Hend M El Tayebi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Pharmacist, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, New Cairo City - Main Entrance Al Tagamoa Al Khames, Cairo 11835, Egypt. hend.saber@guc.edu.eg
Received: June 30, 2020
Peer-review started: June 30, 2020
First decision: September 14, 2020
Revised: September 30, 2020
Accepted: October 29, 2020
Article in press: October 29, 2020
Published online: December 27, 2020
