• A novel lncRNA derived from an ultraconserved region: lnc- uc.147, a potential biomarker in luminal A breast cancer 

      Zambalde, Erika Pereira; Bayraktar, Recep; Jucoski, Tayana Schultz; Ivan, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Carolina de Mello Alves; Mathias, Carolina; Knutsen, Erik; Silveira de Lima, Rubens; Gradia, Daniela Fiori; Fonseca, Enilze Maria de Souza; Hannash, Samir; Calin, George A.; Oliveira, Jaqueline Carvalhode (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-13)
      The human genome contains 481 ultraconserved regions (UCRs), which are genomic stretches of over 200 base pairs conserved among human, rat, and mouse. The majority of these regions are transcriptionally active (T-UCRs), and several have been found to be differentially expressed in tumours. Some T-UCRs have been functionally characterized, but of those few have been associated to breast cancer (BC). ...