Journal of International Oncology››2012,Vol. 39››Issue (8): 643-646.

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MicroRNA-19 and neoplasms

SUN Ji-Kui, JIA Zhi-Fan, YANG Wei-Dong

  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Lab of Neuro-oncology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin 300052,China
  • Online:2012-09-22Published:2012-09-24

Abstract:The miR-17-92 cluster, consisting of six individual microRNAs, including miR-17, miR-20a,miR-18a, miR-19a, miR-19b and miR-92a-1, is a kind of typical oncogenic polycistron microRNA. MiR-19 (containing miR-19a and miR-19b), as the key oncogenic component in miR-17-92 cluster, is overexpressed in human cancers including lymphomas, leukaemia, lung cancer, breast cancer and multiple myeloma, and has been one of research focus in recent years. It is found that miR-19 promotes tumor growth,invasion and metastasis through negative regulation of target genes such as PTEN, PP2A, Bim,SOCS1, and is correlated strongly with PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway. MiR-19 plays an important role in tumor genesis and development.

Key words:miR-19,Neoplasms,Lymphoma,Leukemia