Figure 4. miR-17-5p is decreased in radioresistant EAC cells in vitro and in vivo.

A. Digital gene expression analysis, demonstrated as heat maps, of miR-17~92 family members significantly altered in OE33 R ALDH+ve populations, when compared to OE33 R ALDH-ve populations (red and green boxes indicate upregulation and downregulation, respectively) B. miR-17-5p expression is significantly decreased in pre-treatment diagnostic tumor biopsies from EAC patients with a poor response to neoadjuvant CRT (TRG 4 and 5), when compared to good responders (TRG 1 and 2) (n=18) [23]. Statistical analysis was performed using an unpaired, 2-tailed Student's t-test, *p < 0.05.