Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

MicroRNA regulation of endothelial TREX1 reprograms the tumour microenvironment

  • RaeAnna Wilson,
  • Cristina Espinosa-Diez,
  • Nathan Kanner,
  • Namita Chatterjee,
  • Rebecca Ruhl,
  • Christina Hipfinger,
  • Sunil J. Advani,
  • Jie Li,
  • Omar F. Khan,
  • Aleksandra Franovic,
  • Sara M. Weis,
  • Sushil Kumar,
  • Lisa M. Coussens,
  • Daniel G. Anderson,
  • Clark C. Chen,
  • David A. Cheresh,
  • Sudarshan Anand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13597
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The tumour microenvironment can be modulated to sensitize tumours to the effects of therapy. Here the authors show that radiation induced miR-103 downregulates TREX1 in endothelial cells, decreases angiogenesis and leads to the secretion of proinflammatory mediators that reduce tumour growth.