Fig. 8: Propofol promotes cytoprotective mechanisms via miR-20b.

miR-20b expression induced by propofol promotes endogenous cytoprotective mechanisms of the METTL3/miR-20b/ULK1 regulatory “network” in hypoxia/re-oxygenation injury. METTL3: methyltransferase-like 3; DGCR8: DiGeorge critical region 8; ULK1: Unc-51-like kinase 1; mRNA: Messenger RNA; pri- miR-20b: primary microRNA-20b; pre-miR-20b: precursor microRNA-20b; miR-20b: microRNA-20b.