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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2018

Role of miR-21 in the growth and metastasis of human salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma.

Fei Yan, Chao Wang, Ting Li, Wenyan Cai, Jinhu Sun

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Heterogeneity of miRNAs in Salivary Gland Neoplasms: An Exploratory Pilot Study.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026
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  5. Induction of perineural invasion in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma by circular RNA RNF111.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  8. MicroRNA in adenoid cystic carcinoma (Review).International journal of oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fei YanDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221000, P.R. China.
Chao WangDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221000, P.R. China.
Ting LiDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221000, P.R. China.
Wenyan CaiDepartment of Stomatology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, P.R. China.
Jinhu SunDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221000, P.R. China.
Xuzhou Medical College · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aberrant microRNA (miRNA/miR) expression has been reported in various cancer types. miR‑21, which is considered to be a proto-oncogene and is frequently overexpressed in certain cancer types, has been implicated in tumorigenesis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of miR‑21 degradation on tumor progression and its potential mechanisms in human salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) development. Results of reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis indicated that SACC cells with high metastatic potential (SACC‑LM cells) exhibited a significantly higher expression of miR‑21 compared with SACC cells with a lower metastatic potential (SACC‑83 cells). In addition, following transfection of SACC‑LM cells with miR‑21 inhibitor, cell viability was reduced, which may be a result of reduced cell proliferation and metastasis, and the induction of apoptosis, as determined by Cell Counting Kit‑8, wound healing, Matrigel invasion and flow cytometry assays. Furthermore, bioinformatics analysis indicated that programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4), phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) and B‑cell lymphoma (Bcl)‑2 are potential target genes of miR‑21. Therefore, western blotting was performed to investigate the expression of these proteins, and the results demonstrated that miR‑21 expression level was negatively associated with PDCD4 and PTEN protein expression, and positively associated with Bcl‑2 protein expression, in SACC‑LM cells, indicating that miR‑21 may promote SACC progression via PDCD4, PTEN and Bcl‑2. In conclusion, the present study indicates that miR‑21 may be a novel target for SACC therapy and provide a novel basis for the clinical treatment of SACC.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAntagomirsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCarcinoma, Adenoid CysticCell Line, TumorCell Migration AssaysCell ProliferationCell SurvivalHumansLymphatic MetastasisMicroRNAsNeoplasm InvasivenessProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2PTEN PhosphohydrolaseAntagomirsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBCL2 protein, humanMAS1 protein, humanMicroRNAsMIRN21 microRNA, humanPDCD4 protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2PTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsinvasionmicroRNA-21migrationproliferationsalivary adenoid cystic carcinoma

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PMID29328455
PMCPMC5802195
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