Very tall female young adults tended to be smokers: A large-scale exploratory cross-sectional survey of 26,405 college students in China.

Objective: This study investigated the sex-specific prevalence of smoking (past 30 days) and the associations with height among university/college students.

Participants: 25,405 (11,579/14,826 males/females) college students in Xi'an China.

Methods: A cross-sectional, self-administered survey.

TGF-β1 promotes cell migration in hepatocellular carcinoma by suppressing reelin expression.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults and is a leading cause of worldwide cancer mortality. Intrahepatic dissemination and extrahepatic metastasis are key factors in malignant growth of HCC. Reducing HCC-associated metastasis is critically dependent on uncovering molecular signaling pathways that promote HCC metastasis.

Long non‑coding nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 acts as prognosis biomarker and increases cell growth and invasion in cervical cancer by sequestering microRNA‑101.

Emerging studies have focused on the essential role of long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in cervical carcinogenesis. A recent study has indicated that nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) is highly expressed in the human cervical tissue. However, whether NEAT1 is involved in cervical cancer remains to be elucidated.