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ArticleOncotarget2017

Next-generation sequencing-based microRNA profiling of mice testis subjected to transient heat stress.

Meng Rao, Zhengyan Zeng, Li Tang, Guiping Cheng, Wei Xia, Changhong Zhu

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. 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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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meng RaoDepartment of Reproduction and Genetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Zhengyan ZengDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Li TangDepartment of Reproduction and Genetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Guiping ChengFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wei XiaFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Changhong ZhuFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the role of microRNA (miRNA) in heat stress-induced spermatogenic impairment. Testes from 15 adult ICR mice subjected to testicular hyperthermia at 43°C for 30 min and from 15 control mice were collected and pooled into 3 samples. Isolated RNA from these samples was subjected to small RNA high-throughput sequencing, and differentially expressed miRNAs were identified and validated using RT-PCR. The identified miRNAs were further subjected to Gene Ontology and KEGG analyses, which revealed significant enrichment for pathways potentially involved in heat stress-induced spermatogenic impairment. Additionally, a correlation analysis of the relative levels of validated miRNAs with germ cell apoptosis was performed. Of the 11 miRNAs identified as differentially expressed, 8 were validated as consistent with sequencing data. Further analyses suggested that the target genes of those miRNAs were involved in various pathways (e.g., ribosomal, HIF-1, MAPK) that may be critical to heat stress-induced testicular damage. Some identified miRNAs, including miR-449a-3p, miR-92a-1-5p, miR-423-3p, and miR-128-3p, correlated closely with germ cell apoptosis. The study results reveal a detailed miRNA profile of heat stress-induced testicular damage and highlight new and potentially important candidate targets in the process of male infertility.

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apoptosisheat stressmicroRNAnext-generation sequencingspermatogenesis

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PMID29340083
PMCPMC5762351
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