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ArticleOpen life sciences2020

Knockdown of DDX46 inhibits trophoblast cell proliferation and migration through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in preeclampsia.

Xin You, Hongyan Cui, Ning Yu, Qiuli Li

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Article in Open life sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Screening and analysis of plasma differential lncRNA/mRNA in early pregnancy of preeclampsia.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xin YouDepartment of Obstetrics, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, Tianjin 300052, China.
Hongyan CuiDepartment of Obstetrics, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, Tianjin 300052, China.
Ning YuDepartment of Obstetrics, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, Tianjin 300052, China.
Qiuli LiDepartment of Laboratory, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, Tianjin 300052, China.
Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preeclampsia (PE) is a serious disease during pregnancy associated with the dysfunction of trophoblast cell invasion. DDX46 is a kind of RNA helicase that has been found to regulate cancer cell metastasis. However, the role of DDX46 in PE remains unclear. Our results showed that the mRNA levels of DDX46 in placental tissues of pregnant women with PE were markedly lower than those in normal pregnancies. Loss-of-function assays showed that knockdown of DDX46 significantly suppressed cell proliferation of trophoblast cells. Besides, DDX46 knockdown decreased trophoblast cell migration and invasion capacity. In contrast, the overexpression of DDX46 promoted the migration and invasion of trophoblast cells. Furthermore, knockdown of DDX46 caused significant decrease in the levels of p-PI3K, p-Akt, and p-mTOR in HTR-8/SVneo cells. In addition, treatment with IGF-1 reversed the inhibitory effects of DDX46 knockdown on proliferation, migration, and invasion of HTR-8/SVneo cells. In conclusion, these data suggest that DDX46 might be involved in the progression of PE, which might be attributed to the regulation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Thus, DDX46 might serve as a therapeutic target for the treatment of PE.

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DDX46PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathwaypreeclampsiaRNA helicasestrophoblast cells

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PMID33817228
PMCPMC7874595
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