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. 2004 Jun 1;64(11):3753-6.
doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0637.

Reduced expression of the let-7 microRNAs in human lung cancers in association with shortened postoperative survival

Junichi Takamizawa  1 , Hiroyuki Konishi, Kiyoshi Yanagisawa, Shuta Tomida, Hirotaka Osada, Hideki Endoh, Tomoko Harano, Yasushi Yatabe, Masato Nagino, Yuji Nimura, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Takashi Takahashi
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Reduced expression of the let-7 microRNAs in human lung cancers in association with shortened postoperative survival

Junichi Takamizawa et al. Cancer Res. .

Abstract

In this study, we report for the first time reduced expression of the let-7 microRNA in human lung cancers. Interestingly, 143 lung cancer cases that had undergone potentially curative resection could be classified into two major groups according to let-7 expression in unsupervised hierarchical analysis, showing significantly shorter survival after potentially curative resection in cases with reduced let-7 expression (P = 0.0003). Multivariate COX regression analysis showed this prognostic impact to be independent of disease stage (hazard ratio = 2.17; P = 0.009). In addition, overexpression of let-7 in A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line inhibited lung cancer cell growth in vitro. This study represents the first report of reduced expression of let-7 and the potential clinical and biological effects of such a microRNA alteration.

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