Research Article

piRNA-31115 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Invasion via PI3K/AKT Pathway in Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma

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piRNA expression profiling results and confirmation of piR-31115 upexpression in ccRCC relative to normal kidney tissue. (a) Results of the deep sequencing of small RNA transcriptome profiling in ccRCC relative to normal renal tissue specimens. piRNAs with detectable expression levels are plotted according to average log2 in each type. piR-31115 (NCBI accession number: DQ571003) was labeled. (b) The normalized count of piR-31115 in the deep sequencing of the small RNA transcriptome. (c) Validation of piR-31115 expression levels in another 40 ccRCC tissues vs. adjacent normal renal tissue specimens by qPCR. (d) Measurement of piR-31115 expression in immortalized normal renal epithelial cell line (HK-2) and human ccRCC cell lines (ACHN, 769P, CaKi-2, 786O, and CaKi-1) by qPCR. ; ; ; the data are presented as the based on triplicate independent experiments.
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