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ArticleNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2019

miR-125a-5p Functions as Tumor Suppressor microRNA And Is a Marker of Locoregional Recurrence And Poor prognosis in Head And Neck Cancer.

Dat T Vo, Narasimha Kumar Karanam, Lianghao Ding, Debabrata Saha, John S Yordy, Uma Giri, John V Heymach, Michael D Story

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Article in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exosomal MicroRNAs as novel diagnostic biomarkers in head and neck cancer: a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  20. Micro RNAs in Regulation of Cellular Redox Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dat T VoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Narasimha Kumar KaranamDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Lianghao DingDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Debabrata SahaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
John S YordyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Uma GiriDepartment of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030.
John V HeymachDepartment of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030.
Michael D StoryDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390. Electronic address: Michael.Story@UTSouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USSouthwestern Medical CenterThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Markers and therapeutic strategies for overcoming chemoradiotherapy resistanceR01CA168484 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HEYMACH, JOHN V. · 2011 to 2015
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA168484
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short single-stranded RNAs, measuring 21 to 23 nucleotides in length and regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level through mRNA destabilization or repressing protein synthesis. Dysregulation of miRNAs can lead to tumorigenesis through changes in regulation of key cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell survival, and apoptosis. miR-125a-5p has been implicated as a tumor suppressor miRNA in malignancies such as non-small cell lung cancer and colon cancer. However, the role of miR-125a-5p has not been fully investigated in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We performed microRNA microarray profiling of HNSCC tumor samples obtained from a prospective clinical trial evaluating the role of postoperative radiotherapy in head and neck cancer. We also mined through The Cancer Genome Atlas to evaluate expression and survival data. Biological experiments, including cell proliferation, flow cytometry, cell migration and invasion, clonogenic survival, and fluorescent microscopy, were conducted using HN5 and UM-SCC-22B cell lines. miR-125a-5p downregulation was associated with recurrent disease in a panel of high-risk HNSCC and then confirmed poor survival associated with low expression in HNSCC via the Cancer Genome Atlas, suggesting that miR-125a-5p acts as a tumor suppressor miRNA. We then demonstrated that miR-125a-5p regulates cell proliferation through cell cycle regulation at the G

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Biomarkers, TumorGenes, Tumor Suppressor3' Untranslated RegionsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisRadiation, IonizingRNA Interference3' Untranslated RegionsBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsMIRN125 microRNA, humanRNA, Messenger

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PMID31325708
PMCPMC6642270
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