Journal of Practical Oncology ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 255-258.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2022.03.011

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Research progress of eccDNA in cancer

YU Chengping, CUI Yongkang, LI Linqiang   

  1. Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery of Liver,The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150001,China
  • Received:2021-04-16 Revised:2021-10-27 Online:2022-06-28 Published:2022-06-28

Abstract: The DNA of eukaryotic cells mainly exists on the chromosomes,but in fact there is also DNA outside chromosomes,which is a special kind of circular DNA(extrachromosomal circular DNA,eccDNA).Several types of eccDNA have been discovered,including small polydispersed DNA(spcDNA),telomere loops,extrasomal rDNA loops and microDNA(miDNA),etc.eccDNA is separated or detached from the genome,coexists with the chromosomal DNA,and participates in pathological or physiological processes of the body in a special way.This paper summarizes the classification,formation mechanism,expression and role formation of eccDNA in cancer.

Key words: extrachromosomal circular DNA, Cancer, Drug resistance

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