Journal of International Oncology››2011,Vol. 38››Issue (10): 732-735.

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Tumor-related miRNA targeting PTEN

YANG Shuo, GAO Ai

    • Online:2011-10-08Published:2011-09-27

    Abstract:MicroRNAs are the endogenous non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression by mediating gene post-transcriptional silence. Among them, miR-21, miR-17-92, miR-214, miR-26a, miR-221, miR-222 and so on mainly suppress the expression of PTEN phosphohydrolase through targeting PTEN mRNA 3’-UTR. PTEN plays an important role in cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion, and its low expression will inducetumorigenesis.