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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

Identification by MicroRNA Analysis of Environmental Risk Factors Bearing Pathogenic Relevance in Non-Smoker Lung Cancer.

Alberto Izzotti, Gabriela Coronel Vargas, Alessandra Pulliero, Simona Coco, Cristina Colarossi, Giuseppina Blanco, Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Andrea Maugeri, Ct-Me-En Cancer Registry Workers and 3 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alberto IzzottiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8588-0347
Gabriela Coronel VargasDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7879-706X
Alessandra PullieroDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5378-9517
Simona CocoLung Cancer Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5296-4325
Cristina ColarossiMediterranean Oncological Institute (IOM), 95029 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5395-8608
Giuseppina BlancoMediterranean Oncological Institute (IOM), 95029 Catania, Italy.
Antonella AgodiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4405-8162
Martina BarchittaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0905-5003
Andrea MaugeriDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2655-8574
Ct-Me-En Cancer Registry WorkersCatania, Messina, Enna Cancer Registry, Via S. Sofia 87, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Gea Oliveri ContiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1857-8612
Margherita FerranteDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7596-2464
Salvatore SciaccaMediterranean Oncological Institute (IOM), 95029 Catania, Italy.
University of Catania · ITAngiologica (Italy) · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Genoa · IT

Funding

Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC) IG2017-20699Regional CT-ME-EN-Cancer Register 2015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNA and DNA adduct biomarkers may be used to identify the contribution of environmental pollution to some types of cancers. The aim of this study was to use integrated DNA adducts and microRNAs analyses to study retrospectively the contribution of exposures to environmental carcinogens to lung cancer in 64 non-smokers living in Sicily and Catania city near to the Etna volcano. MicroRNAs were extracted from cancer lung biopsies, and from the surrounding lung normal tissue. The expression of 2549 human microRNAs was analyzed by microarray. Benzo(a)Pyrene-DNA adducts levels were analyzed in the patients' blood by HPLC-fluorescence detection. Correlations between tetrols and environmental exposures were calculated using Pearson coefficients and regression variable plots. Compared with the healthy tissue, 273 microRNAs were downregulated in lung cancer. Tetrols levels were inversely related both with the distance from Etna and years since smoking cessation, but they were not significantly correlated to environmental exposures. The analysis of the microRNA environmental signatures indicates the contribution of environmental factors to the analyzed lung cancers in the following decreasing rank: (a) car traffic, (b) passive smoke, (c) radon, and (d) volcano ashes. These results provide evidence that microRNA analysis can be used to retrospectively investigate the contribution of environmental factors in human lung cancer occurring in non-smokers.

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DNA adductsenvironmental risk factorsmicroRNAno-smokers lung cancer

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