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Objectives   This study aimed to investigate the involvement of MCM3AP antisense RNA 1 (MCM3AP-AS1) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods   The expression levels of plasma MCM3AP-AS1 in COPD patients and healthy controls were measured by quantitative PCR before treatment and at 3 months after the initiation of treatment (post-treatment) from COPD patients. The role of MCM3AP-AS1 in regulating the proliferation of human bronchial smooth muscle cells (HBSMCs) was explored by a cell proliferation assay.Results   We found that MCM3AP-AS1 expression was downregulated in the plasma of COPD patients compared with controls. Among controls, MCM3AP-AS1 expression was lower in smokers than never-smokers. A 3-year follow-up study showed that, among smokers, patients with low MCM3AP-AS1 expression showed a higher incidence of COPD. After treatment for COPD, MCM3AP-AS1 expression significantly increased. The cell proliferation assay showed that MCM3AP-AS1 overexpression decreased the proliferation rate of HBSMCs. MCM3AP-AS1 silencing had the opposite effect.Conclusions   MCM3AP-AS1 appears to be downregulated in COPD and to predict its occurrence. MCM3AP-AS1 regulates the proliferation of HBSMCs to participate in airway remodeling.

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Long noncoding RNA MCM3AP antisense RNA 1 is downregulated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and regulates human bronchial smooth muscle cell proliferation