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MicroRNA miR-374, a potential radio sensitizer for carbon ion beam radiotherapy (Oncology reports, 2016)
In the collaboration with the Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University (Prof. Ogawa, K.), Baek et al.
studied microRNA (miRNA) profiles of a control and X-ray- and carbon ion beam-resistant cells to identify miRNAs that can be used as radio sensitizers and biomarkers. Expression of miRNAs shown to be upregulated or downregulated in the microarray analysis was studied. miRNA miR-374 has the potential to be a new radio sensitizer for carbon ion beam radiotherapy and a new biomarker to determine the optimal treatment for cancer.