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Characterization of Functionally Associated miRNAs in Glioblastoma and their Engineering into Artificial Clusters for Gene Therapy
Published on: October 4, 2019
miR-215 functions as an oncogene in high-grade glioma by regulating retinoblastoma 1
1Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science & Technology, No. 36 Tongji Street, Luonan New District, Luoyang, 471003, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Objectives:
To investigate the roles of miR-215 in high-grade glioma and to clarify the regulation of retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) by miR-215.
Results:
miR-215 is frequently up-regulated in high-grade glioma tissues. Increased miR-215 expression is significantly associated with World Health Organization grade (P < 0.01) tumor size (P < 0.05) and poor prognosis (P < 0.01). Over-expression of miR-215 promoted cell proliferation and knockdown of miR-215 inhibited cell proliferation in vitro. RB1 was identified as a direct and functional target of miR-215. RB1 is generally down-regulated in glioma tissues and its expression inversely correlated with miR-215, which is up-regulated in high-grade glioma tissues, and its expression was negatively correlated with miR-215.
Conclusions:
The new miR-215/RB1 axis provides new insights into the molecular mechanism and treatment for glioma.
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