Susceptibility of lung cancer patients to COVID-19: A review of the pandemic data from multiple nationalities.

Several studies have highlighted that cancer patients tend to be more susceptible to develop severe infection and to die from COVID-19. Certain medical conditions such as immunosuppression, presence of comorbidities, and underlying pulmonary damage are possible determinants of disease severity, especially in lung cancer patients. While recent studies have shown that lung cancer is one of the most prevalent tumor types among COVID-19 cancer patients, we still have an incomplete view of how data from several countries work as a whole.

The long non-coding RNA : an update of its functions and clinical applications as a biomarker in prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer antigen 3 () is an overexpressed prostate long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), transcribed from an intronic region at the long arm of human chromosome 9q21-22. It has been described that modulates prostate cancer (PCa) cell survival through modulating androgen receptor (AR) signaling, besides controlling the expression of several androgen responsive and cancer-related genes, including epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers and those regulating gene expression and cell signaling. Also, urine levels have been successfully used as a PCa diagnostic biomarker.

PCA3 long noncoding RNA modulates the expression of key cancer-related genes in LNCaP prostate cancer cells.

Prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) is a prostate-specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) involved in the control of prostate cancer (PCa) cell survival, through modulating androgen receptor (AR) signaling. To further comprehend the mechanisms by which PCA3 modulates LNCaP cell survival, we characterized the expression patterns of several cancer-related genes, including those involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and AR cofactors in response to PCA3 silencing. We also aimed to develop a strategy to stably silence PCA3.