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Gene id 406991
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Gene Summary

Gene Symbol MIR21   Gene   UCSC   Ensembl
Aliases MIRN21, hsa-mir-21, miR-21, miRNA21
Gene name microRNA 21
Gene location 17q23.1 (59841265: 59841336)     Exons: 1     NC_000017.11
Gene summary(Entrez) microRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20-24 nt) non-coding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed by RNA polymerase I
OMIM 611020

KEGG pathways

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Pathway idPathway name
hsa05206MicroRNAs in cancer
hsa05205Proteoglycans in cancer
Associated diseases References
Cancer GAD: 19048628
Cancer (ovarian) GAD: 20167074
Cancer (breast) GAD: 19048628
Endometriosis INFBASE: 25910568
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) INFBASE: 26427146
Oligozoospermia MIK: 25469126
Non obstructive azoospermia MIK: 23869807
Sertoli cell only syndrome MIK: 23869807
Oligoasthenozoospermia MIK: 27424049
Oligospermia MIK: 25469126
Male infertility MIK: 25469126
Plays a role in early stage of spermatogenesis MIK: 25266152
Spermatogenic failure MIK: 22735917
Teratozoospermia MIK: 17327269

PubMed references

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PMID Condition Mutation Ethnicity Population details Infertility_type Associated_genes Abstract
25469126 Oligosperm
ic, Male i
nfertility

86 (43 oligospe
rmic infertile
men, 43 age mat
ched healthy co
ntrol)
Male infertility mir-21
mir-22
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25266152 Plays a ro
le in earl
y stage of
spermatog
enesis


Male infertility
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17327269 Teratozoos
permia

19 (6 controls
, 13 cases)
Male infertility GSE6872 analyzed by GEO2R (cutoff 1.5 fold)
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23869807 Non obstru
ctive azoo
spermia, S
ertoli cel
l only syn
drome

20 (4 controls,
16 cases)
Male infertility GSE45887 analyzed by GEO2R (cutoff 1.5 fold)
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27424049 Oligoasthe
nozoosperm
ia

24 (12 normozoo
spermia, 12 Oli
goasthenozoospe
rmia)
Male infertility Microarray
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22735917 Spermatoge
nic failur
e

69 samples
Male infertility Microarray
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