Basic Information

Symbol
hsa-miR-521
RNA class
miRNA mature miRNA
Alias
hsa-miR-521 MIR521 MicroRNA 521
Location (GRCh38)
-
Forensic tag(s)
Other applications
External database

Sequence & Structure

Transcript ID
hsa-miR-521
Sequence length
22 nt
GC content
0.4545
Forensic Context

A study in mice demonstrated that the miR-521 was significantly changed in prostate cancer cells in response to ionizing radiation, where it sensitizes cells by regulating the DNA repair protein CSA [Lu et al. DOI:10.1002/cbin.10627]. A study in prostate cancer cells demonstrated that inhibition of the miR-521 confers radioresistance by targeting the DNA repair protein CSA [May et al. DOI:10.1016/j.trsl.2021.02.005].