Overexpression of serum lncRNA-ABHD11-AS1 as poor prognosis of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

This paper was aimed at exploring the correlation of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)-ABHD11 Antisense RNA1 (ABHD11-AS1) with the poor prognosis of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and at investigating its effects on the survival of PTC cells. Serum was respectively collected from 64 PTC patients who were admitted to our hospital (PTC group) and from 50 healthy controls who underwent physical examinations (HC group) both from April 2011 to April 2015. The expression levels of ABHD11-AS1 in the serum were detected, and the values of it for diagnosis and prognosis (5-year follow-ups) were analyzed.