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Objective To investigate the expression of microRNA in plasma of gallbladder cancer and its clinical significance.Methods miRNA microarray was performed in seven gallbladder cancer tissues and seven adjacent normal gallbladder tissues to identify differentially expressed miRNA.The results were validated in plasmas of 40 gallbladder cancers and 20 health people with real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results Eleven gallbladder cancer-related miRNAs were identified with miRNA microarray analysis.Among them,miRNA-21,miRNA-370,miRNA-187,miRNA-122,and miRNA-202 were up-regulated,and let-7a,miRNA-200b,miRNA-143,miRNA-31,miRNA-335,and miRNA-551 were down-regulated in gallbladder cancers.Moreover,let-7a,miRNA-21,miRNA-187,miRNA-143,miRNA-202,and miRNA-335 were validated with RT-PCR,which were consistent with miRNA microarray results with significant difference between gallbladder cancers and health people (P ＜ 0.05).Furthermore,miRNA-187,miRNA-143,and miRNA-202 were related to clinical and pathological features(P ＜0.05).Conclusions These data indicate that The differentially expressed plasma miRNAs are related to gallbladder carcinogenesis and might be the novel biomarkers of gallbladder cancers.
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Skeletal muscle possesses a remarkable ability for its regeneration and injured tissue repair. This ability depends on the activity and contributions of muscle satellite cells. Proliferating satellite cells, termed myogenic precursor cells or myoblasts, are activated and driven out of their quiescent state upon muscle injury. In this summary, we present a review to summarize the molecular regulation in skeletal satellite cells to light on the satellite cells' self-renewal mechanism.