Review Article

RNAi-Based Strategies for Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition in Cancer

Table 2

Anti-COX-2 miRNAs.

StudymiRNAsModelFunctionRef

Chakrabarty et al. 2007mmu-miR 199 a āˆ— mmu-miR-101amouse- Correlate inversely with COX-2 protein [57]
during embryo implantation
- Regulate COX-2 protein expression

Daikoku et al. 2008mmu-miR-199 a āˆ— mmu-miR-101amouse- Correlate inversely with COX-2 protein [58]
in endometrial cancer cells

Strillacci et al. 2008hsa-miR-101homo- Correlates inversely with COX-2 protein [59]
in colon cancer cells
- Regulates COX-2 protein expression
(translational repression)

Shanmugam et al. 2008hsa-miR-16homo- Promotes COX-2 mRNA degradation in [60]
THP-1 monocytic cells