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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2021

Hypoxic colorectal cancer-derived extracellular vesicles deliver microRNA-361-3p to facilitate cell proliferation by targeting TRAF3 via the noncanonical NF-κB pathways.

Jie Li, Peng Yang, Fangyu Chen, Yuqian Tan, Changzhi Huang, Hengyang Shen, Chaofan Peng, Yifei Feng, Yueming Sun

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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic value of extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie LiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Peng YangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Fangyu ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yuqian TanDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Changzhi HuangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Hengyang ShenDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chaofan PengDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yifei FengDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yueming SunDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0543-134X
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypoxic tumour microenvironment (TME) is a key regulator in cancer progression. However, the communications between hypoxic cells and other components in TME during colorectal cancer (CRC) progression via extracellular vesicles (EVs) remain unclear.

methodsHigh-throughput sequencing was employed to detect aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in hypoxic EVs. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to confirm and screen preliminarily candidate miRNAs. The effects of EVs derived from hypoxia (<1% O

resultsThe level of miR-361-3p expression was remarkably elevated in hypoxic EVs and can be transferred to CRC cells. Functional experiments exhibited that hypoxic EVs facilitated cell growth and suppressed cell apoptosis by transferring miR-361-3p of CRC. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α induced the elevation of miR-361-3p levels in hypoxic EVs. Upregulated miR-361-3p in CRC inhibited cell apoptosis and facilitated cell growth by directly targeting TNF receptor-associated factor 3, which consequently activated the noncanonical NF-κB pathway. Moreover, the high expression of circulating exosomal miR-361-3p was correlated to worse prognosis of CRC patients.

conclusionsAltogether, the abnormality of exosomal miR-361-3p derived from hypoxia acts vital roles in the regulation of CRC growth and apoptosis and can be an emerging prognostic biomarker and a therapeutic target for CRC patients.

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AnimalsCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular VesiclesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansHypoxiaMiceMicroRNAsNF-kappa BTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3Tumor MicroenvironmentMicroRNAsMIRN361 microRNA, humanNF-kappa BTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3TRAF3 protein, humancolorectal cancerextracellular vesicleshypoxiamiR-361-3pnoncanonical NF-κB

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PMID33784010
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