An insight into the roles of piRNAs and PIWI proteins in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of oral, esophageal, and gastric cancer

J Halajzadeh, PM Dana, Z Asemi… - … -Research and Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
P-Element induced wimpy testis (PIWI)-interacting RNA (piRNA) is a member of the non-
coding RNAs family. Four PIWI proteins are found to be expressed in humans. The number …

piRNA: A promising biomarker in early detection of gastrointestinal cancer

MA Mojarad, MA Mojarad, B Shojaee… - … -Research and Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer has become the primary concern of today's society due to its
aggressive nature and poor prognosis. PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a subgroup of non …

PIWI-interacting RNAs: critical roles and therapeutic targets in cancer

J Zhou, H Xie, J Liu, R Huang, Y Xiang, D Tian, E Bian - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
P-element-induced wimpy testis (PIWI)-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a novel class of small
regulatory RNAs (approximately 24–31 nucleotides in length) that often bind to members of …

[HTML][HTML] The regulation and role of piRNAs and PIWI proteins in cancer

H Jeong, KH Park, Y Lee, A Jeong, S Choi, KW Kim - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
P-element-induced wimpy testis (PIWI)-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are regulatory small non-
coding RNAs that participate in transposon inactivation, chromatin regulation, and …

[PDF][PDF] PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNA: emerging roles in cancer

YN Han, Y Li, SQ Xia, YY Zhang, JH Zheng… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2018 - karger.com
P-Element induced wimpy testis (PIWI)-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a type of noncoding
RNAs (ncRNAs) and interact with PIWI proteins. piRNAs were primarily described in the …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging roles of piRNAs in cancer: challenges and prospects

YE Cheng, Q Wang, W Jiang, Y Bian, A Gou… - Aging (Albany …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PiRNAs are a small class of non-coding small RNAs newly discovered in recent years.
Millions of piRNAs have been discovered to date, and more than 20,000 piRNA genes have …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of the piRNA/piwi complex in cancer

Y Liu, M Dou, X Song, Y Dong, S Liu, H Liu, J Tao, W Li… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Piwi interacting RNAs (piRNAs) constitute novel small non-coding RNA molecules of
approximately 24–31 nucleotides in length that often bind to members of the piwi protein …

PIWI interacting RNAs perspectives: a new avenues in future cancer investigations

P Mokarram, M Niknam, M Sadeghdoust… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
As a currently identified small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) category, the PIWI-interacting
RNAs (piRNAs) are crucial mediators of cell biology. The human genome comprises over …

Part 2: Deregulated expressions of PIWI proteins and piRNAs as new candidate biomarkers and potential therapeutic tools in cancer

D Meseure, KD Alsibai - Chromatin and Epigenetics. IntechOpen, 2020 - books.google.com
Epigenetic abnormalities are early events in carcinogenesis and associate heterogeneity of
DNA methylation, modifications of histones, and deregulation of noncoding RNAs. Aberrant …

PIWI-interacting RNAs in human cancer

Y Lin, J Zheng, D Lin - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
P-element-induced wimpy testis (PIWI) interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small
regulatory RNAs mechanistically similar to but much less studied than microRNAs and small …