| Literature DB >> 31612063 |
Zhen-Shan Ding1, Yu-Hui He2, Yi-Sen Deng2, Pan-Xin Peng2, Jian-Feng Wang1, Xing Chen1, Pei-Yu Zhao1, Xiao-Feng Zhou1.
Abstract
MicroRNA-34a (miR-34a) serves as a tumor suppressor in a number of different types of cancer. The present study was performed to investigate the involvement of miR-34a in bladder cancer. In the present study, miR-34a was downregulated in patients with bladder cancer compared with the healthy controls in bladder biopsies and plasma. Downregulation of miR-34a distinguished between patients with bladder cancer and the healthy controls. miR-34a expression was associated with tumor metastasis; however, not with tumor size. Transfection of miR-34a mimics upregulated the expression of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) in bladder cancer cells, and decreased cell migration and invasion. miR-34a may inhibit bladder cancer cell migration and invasion by upregulating PTEN. miR-34a may additionally serve as a potential therapeutic target for bladder cancer.Entities:
Keywords: bladder cancer; invasion; microRNA-34a; migration; phosphatase and tensin homolog
Year: 2019 PMID: 31612063 PMCID: PMC6781716 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2019.10877
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncol Lett ISSN: 1792-1074 Impact factor: 2.967