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ArticleJournal, genetic engineering & biotechnology2018

Down-regulation of circulating microRNA let-7a in Egyptian smokers.

Sanaa A Rizk, Fateheya M Metwally, Asmaa M Elfiky, Asmaa A Mahmoud, Nadia A Badawi, Nevin E Sharaf, Mahmoud M Elhefnawi

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Article in Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Sanaa A RizkOccupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Fateheya M MetwallyOccupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Asmaa M ElfikyOccupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Asmaa A MahmoudDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Nadia A BadawiOccupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Nevin E SharafOccupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud M ElhefnawiInformatics and Systems Department, Engineering Research division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

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Abstract

Altered miRNAs were associated with cigarette smoking. The study aimed to examine the gene expression level of plasma let-7a among healthy smokers and compared it with the non-smokers. Forty subjects were recruited for the present study and classified into 21 smokers and 19 non-smokers, age, and sex were matched. The software that used to design functional primers was MIRprimer. Quantitative real-time PCR was employed to compare the relative expression of plasma let-7a. Results showed that the level of let-7a was down-regulated in smokers to 0.34fold (

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BiomarkerCigarette smokingPlasma let7-aSoftware MIRprimer

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PMID30647704
PMCPMC6296594

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