LncRNA LINC00857 strengthens the malignancy behaviors of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells by serving as a competing endogenous RNA for miR-340-5p to upregulate TGFA expression

• Tingfu Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Central Laboratory, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, P. R. China

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• Hongbo Zhao,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Digest Department, Cent Hospital of Shanxian, Heze, Shandong, P. R. China

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• Hua Zhou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, West Hospital District of Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, Shandong, P. R. China

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• Tingting Geng

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ytgengtt@163.com

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, P. R. China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6306-2490

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