Cisplatin-induced epigenetic activation of miR-34a sensitizes bladder cancer cells to chemotherapy

Heng Li, Yu Gan, Runlin Shi, Bin Lang, Xianguo Chen, Xia Ding, Haibing Xiao, Xiaolin Guo, Wei Guan, Zhangqun Ye,

Molecular Cancer · 2014 · 75 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

Cisplatin-based chemotherapy induced demethylation of miR-34a promoter and increased miR-34a expression, which in turn sensitized MIBC cells to cisplatin and decreased the tumorigenicity and proliferation of cancer cells that by reducing the production of CD44.

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