Figure 3

Regulation of gene expression by miR-26. (a) Venn diagram showing the number of genes identified by prediction methods compared with differential expression in 17β-estradiol (E2)-treated MCF-7 cells. (b) Ectopic expression of miR-26b in MCF-7 cells decreased mRNA levels of the indicated 10 genes by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase was used as an internal control. (c) Luciferase reporter assays in T47D cells, with co-transfection of the wild-type 3′ utranslated region (UTR) and miRNA as indicated. (d) Luciferase reporter assays in T47D cells, with co-transfection of wild-type 3′ UTR and miRNA sponge as indicated. *P < 0.05. **P < 0.01.