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SUBMITTER: Yamakuchi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3100326 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yamakuchi Munekazu M Yagi Shusuke S Ito Takashi T Lowenstein Charles J CJ
PloS one 20110523 5
MicroRNAs (MiRNAs) are short, non-coding RNA that regulate a variety of cellular functions by suppressing target protein expression. We hypothesized that a set of microRNA regulate tumor responses to hypoxia by inhibiting components of the hypoxia signaling pathway. We found that miR-22 expression in human colon cancer is lower than in normal colon tissue. We also found that miR-22 controls hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) expression in the HCT116 colon cancer cell line. Over-expression of m ...[more]