Roles of AFAP1-AS1 in Gynecology and Urogenital System.
Current pharmaceutical design 2024Human disease onset and progression are strongly associated with aberrant long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expression, highlighting the functional regulatory role of lncRNA. Actin filament-associated protein 1-antisense RNA 1 (AFAP1-AS1), a member of lncRNAs, is located on the antisense strand of Actin filament-associated protein 1 (AFAP1). We conducted a comprehensive review of AFAP1-AS1's functions in gynecology and urogenital systems using the "PubMed" database. Our analysis reveals that AFAP1-AS1 is overexpressed and engages in the initiation and process of gynecological and urogenital diseases. The regulatory mechanisms employed by AFAP1-AS1 involve four major strategies: gene-level effects, competition for microRNA (miRNA) repression, protein binding, participation in signaling networks that influence cellular processes such as proliferative phenotype, migration, invasiveness, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cycle regulation, drug resistance, and more. Furthermore, AFAP1-AS1 is implicated in guiding clinicopathological characteristics. AFAP1-AS1 holds promise as a potent diagnostics and treatment option for gynecological and genitourinary systems in the future. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.
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Xinyan Qiu, Yulin Huang, Lin Jin, Canying Yang, Jiwei Wang. Roles of AFAP1-AS1 in Gynecology and Urogenital System. Current pharmaceutical design. 2024;30(8):639-647
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