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In Silico and In Vivo Evaluation of microRNA-181c-5p's Role in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Omnia Nasser Abd ElAziz, Asmaa M Elfiky, Mohamed A Yassin, Fatma El-Zahraa Abd El-Hakam, Eman M Saleh, Mahmoud El-Hefnawi, Rania Hassan Mohamed

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Article in Genes, 2022. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Omnia Nasser Abd ElAzizDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Asmaa M ElfikyNational Research Centre, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, Cairo 12622, Egypt.
Mohamed A YassinCenter of Excellence, National Research Centre, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Cairo 12622, Egypt.
Fatma El-Zahraa Abd El-HakamDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt.
Eman M SalehDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Mahmoud El-HefnawiNational Research Centre, Biomedical Informatics and Cheminformatics Group, Informatics and Systems Department, Cairo 12622, Egypt.
Rania Hassan MohamedDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7391-9550
Ain Shams University · EGNational Research Centre · EGAl-Azhar University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a fatal disease, accounting for 75-85% of primary liver cancers. The conclusive research on miR-181c-5p's role in hepatocarcinogenesis, whether it has oncogenic effects or acts as a tumor repressor, is limited and fluctuating. Therefore, the current study aimed to elucidate the role of miR-181c-5p in HCC in silico and in vivo. The bioinformatics analysis of miR-181c-5p expression data in HCC using several databases strongly shed light on its involvement in HCC development, but also confirmed the fluctuating data around its role. miR-181c-5p was proven here to have an oncogenic role by increasing HepG2 cells' viability as confirmed by MTT analysis. In addition, miR-181c-5p was upregulated in the HCC positive control group and progressed the HCC development and malignant features by its forced expression in an HCC mouse model by targeted delivery using a LA-PAMAM polyplex. This is indicated by the cancerous gross and histological features, and the significant increase in liver function biomarkers. The functional enrichment bioinformatics analyses of miR-181c-5p-downregulated targets in HCC indicated that miR-181c-5p targets were significantly enriched in multiple pathways and biological processes involved in HCC development. Fbxl3, an example for miR-181c-5p potential targets, downregulation and its correlation with miR-181c-5p were validated by qPCR. In conclusion, miR-181c-5p is upregulated in HCC and has an oncogenic role enhancing HCC progression.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsMicroRNAsAnimalsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHep G2 CellsHumansMiceMicroRNAsMIrn181 microRNA, humanFbxl3hepatocellular carcinomamiR-181c-5pnano-deliveryoncogenic miRNA

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PMID36553610
PMCPMC9777864
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