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The replication of fibroblasts is thought to be controlled by exogenous growth factors mainly secreted by macrophages and epithelial cells. However, under standard culture conditions, lung fibroblasts are able to produce several growth factors, suggesting an autocrine pathway of proliferation. In this work, we examined the expression of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-A) and PDGF-B-messenger RNA (mRNAs) by fibroblasts derived from four human adult normal lungs and from two fibrotic lungs. Northern blot analysis showed that both normal and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-derived fibroblasts expressed a 2.8 PDGF-B/c-sis mRNA. This transcript was also observed as a minor form in human osteosarcoma cell line, used as control, which predominantly expressed a 4.0-kb PDGF-B mRNA. In two fibroblast cell lines, one fibrotic and one normal, the 4.0-kb transcript was also observed but was always weaker than the 2.8-kb mRNA. PDGF-A mRNA was not detected. By immunofluorescence, lung fibroblasts exhibited intracytoplasmic PDGF-like protein. Likewise, conditioned media from normal and IPF lung fibroblasts stimulated 3H-thymidine incorporation in BALB/c-3T3 cells that was significantly inhibited by anti-PDGF antibody. These results show that in vitro, some human lung fibroblasts express PDGF-B/c-sis mRNA, mainly an alternate 2.8-kb transcript, and produce PDGF-like protein.
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PMID:Expression of a 2.8-kb PDGF-B/c-sis transcript and synthesis of PDGF-like protein by human lung fibroblasts. 760 65

Circular RNAs (circRNAs), which act as initiators and promoters of various diseases, were thought to be mostly noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) in eukaryotes, until recent studies confirmed that some circRNAs have the function of encoding proteins. Accumulating research findings have proved that dysregulation of circRNAs is associated with the developmental process of multiple cancers. circHIPK3, an example of circRNA, is frequently expressed in many diseases, such as diabetes, age-related cataract, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, preeclampsia, osteoblasts, and retinal vascular dysfunction, leading to disease development and progression. In addition, circHIPK3 may also serve as a potential biomarker, to help us know more about the rules of occurrence and development of cancers. In recent studies, many circHIPK3-related cancers have been identified, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma, gallbladder cancer, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, osteosarcoma, glioma, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, gastric cancer, oral squamous cell carcinoma, and chronic myeloid leukemia. This review summarizes recent studies on the biological mechanisms of circHIPK3 and expounds the molecular mechanisms of circHIPK3 in these malignant tumors.
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PMID:Circular RNA HIPK3: A Key Circular RNA in a Variety of Human Cancers. 3250 32