BMC Bioinformatics: Differential correlation analysis of glioblastoma reveals immune ceRNA interactions predictive of patient survival

Yu-Chiao Chiu, Li-Ju Wang, Tzu-Pin Lu, Tzu-Hung Hsiao, Eric Y. Chuang & Yidong Chen

Abstract

Background

Recent studies illuminated a novel role of microRNA (miRNA) in the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) interaction: two genes (ceRNAs) can achieve coexpression by competing for a pool of common targeting miRNAs. Individual biological investigations implied ceRNA interaction performs crucial oncogenic/tumor-suppressive functions in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Yet, a systematic analysis has not been conducted to explore the functional landscape and prognostic significance of ceRNA interaction.

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