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    Int Urol Nephrol. 2010 Mar;42(1):95-102. Epub 2009 May 28.

    Up-regulation of microRNA in bladder tumor tissue is not common.

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    Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Jie Fang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. gwang59@gmail.com

    Abstract

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been shown to down-regulate gene expression by targeting mRNA translation and to play a critical role in tumorigenesis; how they regulate bladder tumor development, particularly in patients, is, however, poorly understood. The difference in miRNA expression in a bladder tumor compared with healthy tissue from the same patients was examined using microRNA arrays in seven patients. Here, we showed that up-regulation of miRNA was not commonly found in this limited number of patients, and four miRNAs (miR-26a, miR-29c, miR-30c, miR-30e-5p) were down-regulated as a common marker in patients with a 1-3 grade of disease. Our data suggest that instead of up-regulation of carcinogenic miRNAs, loss of regulation of these miRNA may be critical for bladder tumor development in patients.

    PMID:
    19475496
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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