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SUBMITTER: Thuringer D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053717 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thuringer Dominique D Jego Gaetan G Berthenet Kevin K Hammann Arlette A Solary Eric E Garrido Carmen C
Oncotarget 20160501 19
Gap junctional communication between cancer cells and blood capillary cells is crucial to tumor growth and invasion. Gap junctions may transfer microRNAs (miRs) among cells. Here, we explore the impact of such a transfer in co-culture assays, using the antitumor miR-145 as an example. The SW480 colon carcinoma cells form functional gap junction composed of connexin-43 (Cx43) with human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC). When HMEC are loaded with miR-145-5p mimics, the miR-145 level drastica ...[more]