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ArticleOncology reports2016

RNAi-mediated HOXD3 knockdown inhibits growth in human RKO cells.

Fangjun Chen, Guoping Sun, Jun Peng

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Article in Oncology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fangjun ChenDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Guoping SunDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Jun PengDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Anqing Municipal Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing, Anhui 246003, P.R. China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CNAnqing City Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous studies have shown that the multifunctional Homeobox-containing (HOX) D3 gene is involved in various physiological and pathological processes. To elucidate the role and mechanism of HOXD3 in colorectal cancer (CRC), we measured its expression in five CRC cell lines. After determining that HOXD3 was highly expressed in the human RKO cancer cell line, we used lentiviral-mediated small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to knock down HOXD3 expression and assessed proliferation, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis and colony formation using cell proliferation, flow cytometric, and colony formation assays. The expression of HOXD3 was strongly suppressed in the RKO cells infected with the lentiviruse expressing an HOXD3 short hairpin RNA (shRNA). The downregulation of HOXD3 expression in RKO cells significantly decreased proliferation and colony formation, and increased apoptosis in vitro, compared to the cells infected with the mock control (p<0.01). Moreover, specific downregulation of HOXD3 led to the accumulation of cells at the G2 phase of the cell cycle. Our findings revealed that the HOXD3 gene promotes CRC cell growth and plays a pivotal role in the development and survival of malignant human colorectal cancer cells.

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ApoptosisBlotting, WesternCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHomeodomain ProteinsHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Small InterferingTranscription FactorsHomeodomain ProteinsHOXA4 protein, humanRNA, Small InterferingTranscription Factors

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PMID27499213
PMCPMC5022871
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