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ArticlePloS one2015

MicroRNA profiling in intraocular medulloepitheliomas.

Deepak P Edward, Hind Alkatan, Qundeel Rafiq, Charles Eberhart, Saleh Al Mesfer, Nicola Ghazi, Leen Al Safieh, Altaf A Kondkar, Khaled K Abu Amero

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Deepak P EdwardKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins University School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
Hind AlkatanKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Qundeel RafiqWilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins University School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
Charles EberhartWilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins University School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
Saleh Al MesferKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nicola GhaziKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Leen Al SafiehKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Altaf A KondkarDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled K Abu AmeroDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America.
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital · SAJohns Hopkins University · USKing Saud University · SAUniversity of Florida · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo study the differential expression of microRNA (miRNA) profiles between intraocular medulloepithelioma (ME) and normal control tissue (CT). MATERIAL AND

methodsTotal RNA was extracted from formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) intraocular ME (n=7) and from age matched ciliary body controls (n=8). The clinical history and phenotype was recorded. MiRNA profiles were determined using the Affymetrix GeneChip miRNA Arrays analyzed using expression console 1.3 software. Validation of significantly dysregulated miRNA was confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR. The web-based DNA Intelligent Analysis (DIANA)-miRPath v2.0 was used to perform enrichment analysis of differentially expressed (DE) miRNA gene targets in Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway.

resultsThe pathologic evaluation revealed one benign (benign non-teratoid, n=1) and six malignant tumors (malignant teratoid, n=2; malignant non-teratoid, n = 4). A total of 88 miRNAs were upregulated and 43 miRNAs were downregulated significantly (P<0.05) in the tumor specimens. Many of these significantly dysregulated miRNAs were known to play various roles in carcinogenesis and tumor behavior. RT-PCR validated three significantly upregulated miRNAs and three significantly downregulated miRNAs namely miR-217, miR-216a, miR-216b, miR-146a, miR-509-3p and miR-211. Many DE miRNAs that were significant in ME tumors showed dysregulation in retinoblastoma, glioblastoma, and precursor, normal and reactive human cartilage. Enriched pathway analysis suggested a significant association of upregulated miRNAs with 15 pathways involved in prion disease and several types of cancer. The pathways involving significantly downregulated miRNAs included the toll-like receptor (TLR) (p<4.36E-16) and Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathways (p<9.00E-06).

conclusionsWe report significantly dysregulated miRNAs in intraocular ME tumors, which exhibited abnormal profiles in other cancers as well such as retinoblastoma and glioblastoma. Pathway analysis of all dysregulated miRNAs shared commonalities with other cancer pathways.

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AdolescentCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolDown-RegulationFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfantMaleMicroRNAsNeuroectodermal Tumors, PrimitiveNF-kappa BSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsTranscriptomeMicroRNAsNF-kappa BToll-Like Receptors

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PMID25807141
PMCPMC4373864
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