Research Article
Long Noncoding RNA TUG1/miR-29c Axis Affects Cell Proliferation, Invasion, and Migration in Human Pancreatic Cancer
Table 1
Clinicopathological association of TUG1 and miR-29c expression in pancreatic cancer patients.
| Clinicopathological features | No. of cases | TUG1 expression | value | miR-29c expression | value | High | Low | High | Low |
| Age (years) | | | | 0.571 | | | 0.547 | >60 | 42 | 29 | 13 | | 19 | 23 | | ≤60 | 30 | 21 | 9 | | 14 | 16 | | Gender | | | | 0.253 | | | 0.525 | Female | 27 | 17 | 10 | | 12 | 15 | | male | 45 | 33 | 12 | | 21 | 24 | | Tumour size | | | | 0.159 | | | 0.509 | >5 cm | 25 | 15 | 10 | | 11 | 14 | | ≤5 cm | 47 | 35 | 12 | | 22 | 25 | | Clinical stage | | | | 0.016 | | | 0.039 | I + II | 48 | 29 | 19 | | 18 | 30 | | III + IV | 24 | 21 | 3 | | 15 | 9 | | Lymph node status | | | | 0.019 | | | 0.01 | Metastasis | 41 | 33 | 8 | | 12 | 29 | | No metastasis | 31 | 17 | 14 | | 21 | 10 | | Pathological differentiation | | | | 0.032 | | | 0.042 | Well | 39 | 23 | 16 | | 22 | 17 | | Moderately-poorly | 33 | 27 | 6 | | 11 | 22 | |
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