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However, the regulation mechanism of cuproptosis in NPC by ceRNA network remains unclear.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>The ceRNA network related to the survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma related genes was constructed by bioinformatics. Dual-luciferase reporter assay and other experiments were used to prove the conclusion.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>Our findings indicate that the <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/nuccore\/AC008083.2\">AC008083.2<\/jats:ext-link>\/miR-142-3p axis drives STRN3 to promote the malignant progression of NPC. By performing enrichment analysis and phenotypic assays, we demonstrated that the changes in the expressions of <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/nuccore\/AC008083.2\">AC008083.2<\/jats:ext-link>\/miR-142-3p\/NPC can affect the proliferation of NPC. Mechanistically, luciferase reporter gene assays suggested that <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/nuccore\/AC008083.2\">AC008083.2<\/jats:ext-link> acts as a ceRNA of miR-142-3p to regulate the content of STRN3. 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