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ArticleRespiratory research2018

Downregulation of exosomal let-7a-5p in dust exposed- workers contributes to lung cancer development.

Lin Zhang, Changfu Hao, Ruonan Zhai, Di Wang, Jianhui Zhang, Lei Bao, Yiping Li, Wu Yao

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Article in Respiratory research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lin ZhangDepartment of Occupational Hygiene, School of Public Health and Management, Healthy Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Major Social Risk Prediction and Governance, Weifang Medical University, 7166 Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261024, China.
Changfu HaoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Ruonan ZhaiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Di WangDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Jianhui ZhangDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Lei BaoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Yiping LiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
Wu YaoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. yaowu.zzu@gmail.com.
Zhengzhou University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81273039National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) 81472954National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) 81773404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEither chronic or acute exposure to dust particles may lead to pneumoconiosis and lung cancer, and lung cancer mortality among patients diagnosed with pneumoconiosis is increasing. Utilizing genome-wide sequencing technology, this study aimed to identify methods to decrease the number of patients with pneumoconiosis who die from lung cancer.

methodsOne hundred fifty-four subjects were recruited, including 54 pneumoconiosis patients and 100 healthy controls. Exosomes were isolated from the venous blood of every subject. Distinctive miRNAs were identified using high throughput sequencing technology, and bioinformatics analysis predicted target genes involved in lung cancer as well as their corresponding biological functions. Moreover, cross-cancer alterations of genes related to lung cancer were investigated, and survival analysis was performed using 2437 samples with an average follow-up period of 49 months.

resultsLet-7a-5p was revealed to be downregulated by 21.67% in pneumoconiosis. Out of the 683 let-7a-5p target genes identified from bioinformatics analysis, four genes related to five signaling pathways were confirmed to be involved in lung cancer development. Alterations in these four target genes were then explored in 4105 lung cancer patients, and BCL2L1 and IGF1R were demonstrated to be aberrantly expressed. Survival analysis further revealed that high expression of BCL2L1 corresponded to reduced survival of lung cancer patients (HR (95%CI) = 1.75(1.33~2.30)), while patient survival time was unaffected by expression of IGF1R (HR (95%CI) = 1.15 (0.98~1.36)).

conclusionsIn patients with lung adenocarcinoma, simultaneous downregulation of exosomal let-7a-5p and elevated expression of BCL2L1 are useful as predictive biomarkers for poor survival.

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DustBiomarkers, TumorDown-RegulationExosomesHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMicroRNAsOccupational ExposurePneumoconiosisBiomarkers, TumorDustMicroRNAsmirnlet7 microRNA, humanDust exposureExosomeLet-7a-5pLung cancerPneumoconiosis

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PMID30497474
PMCPMC6267915
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