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. 2019 Nov;16(4):688–699. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2019.0252

1. miRNAs involved in drug resistance in pancreatic cancer.

Name Expression Gene(s) regulated Effect Drug(s) involved Reference
inh: inhibited genes dependent on miRNA expression; exp: overexpressed genes dependent on miRNA expression.
MiR-21 Overexpressed FasL, PDCD4, PTEN (inh), Bcl2 (exp) Inhibition of apoptotic and tumor suppressor genes Gemcitabine, 5-FU 46-48,62
MiR-29c USP22 (exp) Autophagic process and inhibition of apoptotic process Gemcitabine 49,50
MiR-155 DCK, ROS detoxification genes (exp) Increased anti-apoptotic activity, ROS detoxification and gemcitabine metabolism 53,54
MiR-365 SHC1 (inh), BAX (inh) Inhibition of pro-apoptotic genes 55
MiR-429 PDCD4 (inh) Inhibition of tumor suppressor gene 63
MiR-181c CTGF, BIRC5, BLC2L1, YAP, TAZ (exp) Inactivation of antitumor pathway and increased expression of chemoresistance genes Gemcitabine, 5-FU, Paclitaxel 56
MiR-221-3p RB1 (inh) Inhibition of tumor suppressor gene 5-FU 58
MiR-320a PDCD4, β-cadherin, E-cadherin (inh), fibronectin,N-cadherin, Vimentin, ZEB1, Snail2 (exp) Induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and inhibition of tumor suppressor genes 60
MiR-145 Underexpressed RPS6KB1 (inh), miRNA-155 (exp) Inhibition of cell migration, tumor growth and metastasic process Gemcitabine 51,52
MiR-506 SPHK1, Akt, NF-κB (exp) Induction of tumorigenic pathway 64