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ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2010

miR-194 is a marker of hepatic epithelial cells and suppresses metastasis of liver cancer cells in mice.

Zhipeng Meng, Xianghui Fu, Xiaosong Chen, Samuel Zeng, Yan Tian, Richard Jove, Rongzhen Xu, Wendong Huang

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Article in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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113 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 204 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhipeng MengDivision of Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Xianghui Fu
Xiaosong Chen
Samuel Zeng
Yan Tian
Richard Jove
Rongzhen Xu
Wendong Huang
City Of Hope National Medical Center · USFujian Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

Transgenic Mouse FacilityP30CA033572 · NCI · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI STANLEY R. HAMILTON · 1985 to 2026
$86.3M
Inhibitors in Src Signaling for Antitumor TherapyR01CA115674 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI JOVE, RICHARD · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA033572NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression by interacting with the 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) of multiple mRNAs. Recent studies have linked miRNAs to the development of cancer metastasis. In this study, we show that miR-194 is specifically expressed in the human gastrointestinal tract and kidney. Moreover, miR-194 is highly expressed in hepatic epithelial cells, but not in Kupffer cells or hepatic stellate cells, two types of mesenchymal cells in the liver. miR-194 expression was decreased in hepatocytes cultured in vitro, which had undergone a dedifferentiation process. Furthermore, expression of miR-194 was low in liver mesenchymal-like cancer cell lines. The overexpression of miR-194 in liver mesenchymal-like cancer cells reduced the expression of the mesenchymal cell marker N-cadherin and suppressed invasion and migration of the mesenchymal-like cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. We further demonstrated that miR-194 targeted the 3'-UTRs of several genes that were involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis.

conclusionThese results support a role of miR-194, which is specifically expressed in liver parenchymal cells, in preventing liver cancer cell metastasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedEpithelial CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansLiverLiver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMiceMicroRNAsNeoplasm MetastasisMicroRNAsMIRN194 microRNA, humanMIRN194 microRNA, mouse

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PMID20979124
PMCPMC3076553
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