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ArticlePeerJ2020

Aberrant expression of two miRNAs promotes proliferation, hepatitis B virus amplification, migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells: evidence from bioinformatic analysis and experimental validation.

Yanming Liu, Yue Cao, Wencan Cai, Liangyin Wu, Pingsen Zhao, Xin-Guang Liu

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yanming LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Aging Research, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Yue CaoDepartment of Medical Technology, Medical College of Shaoguan University, Shaogguan, Guangdong, China.
Wencan CaiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, YueBei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Liangyin WuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, YueBei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Pingsen ZhaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, YueBei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Xin-Guang LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Aging Research, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Shantou University · CNGuangdong Medical College · CNShaoguan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs key negative regulators of gene expression, microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the onset and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to identify the miRNAs involved in HCC carcinogenesis and their regulated genes.

methodsThe Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset (GSE108724) was chosen and explored to identify differentially expressed miRNAs using GEO2R. For the prediction of potential miRNA target genes, the miRTarBase was explored. Enrichment analysis of Gene Ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) was performed by the DAVID online tool. The hub genes were screened out using the CytoHubba plug-in ranked by degrees. The networks between miRNAs and hub genes were constructed by Cytoscape software. MiRNA mimics and negative control were transfected into HCC cell lines and their effects on proliferation, hepatitis B virus DNA (HBV-DNA) replication,

resultsA total of 50 differentially expressed miRNAs were identified, including 20 upregulated and 30 downregulated miRNAs, in HCC tumor tissues compared to matched adjacent tumor-free tissues. The top three upregulated (miR-221-3p, miR-222-3p, and miR-18-5p) and downregulated (miR-375, miR-214-3p and miR-378d) miRNAs, ranked by |log

conclusionThe present study revealed that miR-211-3p and miR-375 may exert vital effects on cell proliferation, HBV-DNA replication, cell migration, and invasion through the regulation of TP53 expression in HCC.

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Bioinformatic analysisHBV amplificationHepatocellular carcinomaInvasionmicroRNAProliferation

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