Epigenetic Regulation of miR-212 Expression in Lung Cancer

Many studies have shown that microRNA expression in cancer may be regulated by epigenetic events. Recently, we found that in lung cancer miR-212 was strongly down-regulated. However, mechanisms involved in the regulation of miR-212 expression are unknown. Therefore, we addressed this point by invest...

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Autores: Incoronato, Mariarosaria, Urso, Loredana, Portela, Anna, Laukkanen, Mikko O., Soini, Ylermi, Quintavalle, Ylermi, Keller, Simona, Esteller, Manel, Condorelli, Gerolama
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2011
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/126610
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/126610
Access Level:Acceso aberto
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Càncer de pulmó
DNA
Lung cancer
Descrição
Resumo:Many studies have shown that microRNA expression in cancer may be regulated by epigenetic events. Recently, we found that in lung cancer miR-212 was strongly down-regulated. However, mechanisms involved in the regulation of miR-212 expression are unknown. Therefore, we addressed this point by investigating the molecular mechanisms of miR-212 silencing in lung cancer. We identified histone modifications rather than DNA hypermethylation as epigenetic events that regulate miR-212 levels in NSCLC. Moreover, we found that miR-212 silencing in vivo is closely associated with the severity of the disease.