microRNAs in vertebrate physiology and human disease

TC Chang, JT Mendell - Annu. Rev. Genomics Hum. Genet., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Over the past five years, the importance of a diverse class of 18–24 nucleotide RNA
molecules, known as microRNAs (miRNAs) has increasingly been recognized. These highly …

The role of microRNAs in cancer: no small matter

EAC Wiemer - European journal of cancer, 2007 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs are a recently discovered class of small, evolutionarily conserved, RNA
molecules that negatively regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Mature …

Transcriptional activation of miR-34a contributes to p53-mediated apoptosis

N Raver-Shapira, E Marciano, E Meiri, Y Spector… - Molecular cell, 2007 - cell.com
Summary p53 is a potent tumor suppressor, whose biological effects are largely due to its
function as a transcriptional regulator. Here we report that, in addition to regulating the …

Phase 2 trial of oral vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, SAHA) for refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)

M Duvic, R Talpur, X Ni, C Zhang, P Hazarika, C Kelly… - Blood, 2007 - ashpublications.org
The activity and safety of the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (suberoylanilide
hydroxamic acid, SAHA) were evaluated in patients with refractory cutaneous T-cell …

Regulation of the p27Kip1 tumor suppressor by miR‐221 and miR‐222 promotes cancer cell proliferation

C Le Sage, R Nagel, DA Egan, M Schrier… - The EMBO …, 2007 - embopress.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are potent post‐transcriptional regulators of protein coding genes.
Patterns of misexpression of miRNAs in cancer suggest key functions of miRNAs in …

Tumor protein 53-induced nuclear protein 1 expression is repressed by miR-155, and its restoration inhibits pancreatic tumor development

M Gironella, M Seux, MJ Xie, C Cano… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic cancer is a disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Tumor protein 53-induced
nuclear protein 1 (TP53INP1) is a proapoptotic stress-induced p53 target gene. In this …

Micro RNA 145 targets the insulin receptor substrate-1 and inhibits the growth of colon cancer cells

B Shi, L Sepp-Lorenzino, M Prisco, P Linsley… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
The insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), a docking protein for both the type 1 insulin-like
growth factor receptor (IGF-IR) and the insulin receptor, is known to send a mitogenic, anti …

One hit, two hits, three hits, more? Genomic changes in the development of retinoblastoma

TW Corson, BL Gallie - Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma is initiated by the loss of both alleles of the
prototypic tumor suppressor gene, RB1. However, a large number of cytogenetic and …

Abnormal microRNA-16 locus with synteny to human 13q14 linked to CLL in NZB mice

ES Raveche, E Salerno, BJ Scaglione… - Blood, The Journal …, 2007 - ashpublications.org
New Zealand black (NZB) mice with autoimmune and B lymphoproliferative disease (B-LPD)
are a model for human chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). A genomewide linkage scan of …

Gene regulation under low oxygen: holding your breath for transcription

S Rocha - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2007 - cell.com
Oxygen is both an environmental and developmental signal that governs important cellular
pathways. Therefore, hypoxia (or low oxygen tensions) is part of both physiological and …