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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2017

Curcumin exerts its antitumor activity through regulation of miR-7/Skp2/p21 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.

Shaoyan Feng, Yu Wang, Rongkai Zhang, Guangwei Yang, Zibin Liang, Zhiwei Wang, Gehua Zhang

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shaoyan FengDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou.
Yu WangThe Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou.
Rongkai ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics.
Guangwei YangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China.
Zibin LiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China.
Zhiwei WangThe Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou.
Gehua ZhangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · CNSoochow University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curcumin, a natural polyphenol compound, exhibits tumor suppressive activity in a wide spectrum of cancers, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. However, the exact molecular mechanisms governing this tumor suppressive activity remain elusive. Multiple studies have revealed that miRNAs are critically involved in tumorigenesis, indicating that targeting miRNAs could be a therapeutic strategy for treating human cancer. In the current study, we set out to determine whether curcumin regulates miR-7 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. We found that curcumin inhibited cell growth, induced apoptosis, retarded cell migration and invasion, and triggered cell cycle arrest in the human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines CNE1 and CNE2. Importantly, we observed that curcumin upregulated the expression of miR-7 and subsequently inhibited Skp2, a direct miR-7 target. Our results identified that upregulation of miR-7 by curcumin could benefit nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

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curcuminmiR-7nasopharyngeal cancerproliferationSkp2

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PMID28496336
PMCPMC5422505
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