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ArticlePloS one2013

miR-141 contributes to fetal growth restriction by regulating PLAG1 expression.

Qiuqin Tang, Wei Wu, Xia Xu, Lu Huang, Qiong Gao, Huijuan Chen, Hong Sun, Yankai Xia, Jiahao Sha, Xinru Wang and 2 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiuqin TangDepartment of Obstetrics, Wuxi Hospital for Maternal and Child Health Care, Wuxi, China.
Wei Wu
Xia Xu
Lu Huang
Qiong Gao
Huijuan Chen
Hong Sun
Yankai Xia
Jiahao Sha
Xinru Wang
Daozhen Chen
Qian Xu
Nanjing Medical University · CNWuxi Taihu Hospital · CNKU Leuven · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFetal growth restriction (FGR) is an important but poorly understood condition of pregnancy, which results in significant fetal, neonatal and long-term morbidity and mortality. Novel research has suggested that altered miRNA expression in the plasma and placenta is associated with adverse pregnancy. We hypothesized that aberrant expression of microRNA-141 (miR-141) in the placenta is associated with FGR. Additionally, expression levels of predicted target genes of miR-141 were also analyzed in placental tissues of FGR and normal controls. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsUsing quantitative real time PCR, we analyzed the expression level of miR-141 and its target genes in placentas of FGR pregnancies (n = 21) and normal controls (n = 34). Western blot was used to detect the protein expression level of the target genes of miR-141. MiR-141 showed significant up regulation in FGR and significant down regulation of its targets, i.e. E2F transcription factor 3 (E2F3) protein, pleiomorphic adenoma gene 1 (PLAG1) mRNA and protein. Moreover, a positive correlation was found between PLAG1 and insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) expression levels (Spearman r = 0.56, p<0.0001). MiR-141 yields an AUC of 0.83 with 88.5% sensitivity and 71.7% specificity for separating FGR from normal controls. This study indicates that miR-141 may be diagnostically important in FGR. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results indicate that aberrant high expression level of miR-141 might play important roles in the pathogenesis of FGR by suppressing E2F3 and PLAG1. We propose that miR-141 may participate in a miR-141-PLAG1-IGF2 network relating to FGR development. These findings may provide new targets via miR-141 in diagnosis and therapy of FGR in the future.

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Gene Expression RegulationAdultDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFetal Growth RetardationHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIMicroRNAsPlacentaPregnancyRNA InterferenceROC CurveYoung AdultDNA-Binding ProteinsInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIMicroRNAsMIRN141 microRNA, humanPLAG1 protein, human

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PMCPMC3598866
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