Aberrant allelic-switch of antisense lncRNA IRAIN may be an early diagnostic marker in laryngeal cancer.

Laryngeal carcinoma is a common head and neck malignancy, however, the molecular mechanism of the disease has not yet been elucidated. The present study aimed to investigate the role of IGF1R antisense imprinted non-protein coding RNA (IRAIN) long non-coding (lnc)RNA in laryngeal carcinoma. In total, specimens of healthy pharynx tissue from 6 healthy individuals, carcinoma tissue and paracancerous tissue from 37 patients with laryngeal carcinoma were used in this study.

[Molecular identification and detection of moon jellyfish (Aurelia sp.) based on partial sequencing of mitochondrial 16S rDNA and COI].

Taking the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. commonly found in our coastal sea areas as test object, its genome DNA was extracted, the partial sequences of mt-16S rDNA (650 bp) and mt-COI (709 bp) were PCR-amplified, and, after purification, cloning, and sequencing, the sequences obtained were BLASTn-analyzed. The sequences of greater difference with those of the other jellyfish were chosen, and eight specific primers for the mt-16S rDNA and mt-COI of Aurelia sp.

[Research advances in the effects of environmental factors on the growth and development of Aurelia spp].

Aurelia spp. is a cosmopolitan coastal species, and also, one dominant species of large jellyfish in the coastal waters of China. In recent years, Aurelia spp.