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MicroRNAs and cancer epigenetics: a macrorevolution

Veronica Davalos, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
- Vol. 22, Iss: 1, pp 35-45
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The ability of individual miRNAs to regulate multiple target genes, implicated in turn in several pathways, confers them an extraordinary capacity as multifunctional tools for cancer therapy, and restoration of the level of a single or few pleiotropic miRNAAs could eventually re-establish molecular pathways altered in cancer, providing a more effective therapeutic strategy.
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Purpose of reviewSince the first demonstration of microRNA (miRNA) roles in tumorigenesis, a multitude of studies have established a solid scaffold that supports the increased and accelerated progression in this field. The aim of this article is to comment on the most recent findings of miRNAs in ca

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The widespread regulation of microRNA biogenesis, function and decay.

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DNA methylation and cancer.

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microRNAs derived from circulating exosomes as noninvasive biomarkers for screening and diagnosing lung cancer

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miR-34a as a prognostic marker of relapse in surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer

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MicroRNAs: Genomics, Biogenesis, Mechanism, and Function

TL;DR: Although they escaped notice until relatively recently, miRNAs comprise one of the more abundant classes of gene regulatory molecules in multicellular organisms and likely influence the output of many protein-coding genes.
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MicroRNA expression profiles classify human cancers

TL;DR: A new, bead-based flow cytometric miRNA expression profiling method is used to present a systematic expression analysis of 217 mammalian miRNAs from 334 samples, including multiple human cancers, and finds the miRNA profiles are surprisingly informative, reflecting the developmental lineage and differentiation state of the tumours.
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