Project description:mRNA expression profile modified by stable transfection of microRNA mir-517a (MIR517A) in a human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line Huh-7 Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Expression array, microRNA
Project description:mRNA expression profile modified by stable transfection of microRNA mir-517a (MIR517A) in a human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line Huh-7 Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Expression array, microRNA microRNA mir-517a (MIR517A) was transfected to Huh-7 cells using GFP-expressing lentiviral vector. Infected cells were selected using flow cytometry and subjected to mRNA expression microarray experiment. The profiles were compared to controls cells infected with only GFP protein.
Project description:microRNA profiling of 10 human healthy liver and 9 human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues using bead-based technology microRNA expression profiling was performed using freshly frozen healthy liver and hepatocellular carcinoma tissues obtained at the time of surgical treatment. keywords: healthy liver, hepatocellular carcinoma, expression array, microRNA
Project description:Endothelial cells are critical for angiogenesis, and microRNAs plays important roles in this process. We investigated the regulatory role of microRNAs in endothelial cells of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by examining the microRNA expression profile of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in the absence or presence of human HCC cells, and identified miR-146a as the most highly up-regulated microRNA. Furthermore, we revealed that miR-146a promoted the expression of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFRA) in HUVECs, and this process was mediated by BRCA1. Overexpression of PDGFRA in the ECs of HCC tissues was associated with microvascular invasion, and predicted a poorer prognosis. These results suggest that MiR-146a plays a key role in regulating the angiogenic activity of ECs in HCC through miR-146a-BRCA1-PDGFRA pathway. MiR-146a may emerge as a potential anti-angiogenic target on ECs for HCC therapy. We have employed whole genome OneArray to examine the genome expression changes of HUVECs overexpressing miR-146a.
