MicroRNAs: key players in the immune system, differentiation, tumorigenesis and cell death

R Schickel, B Boyerinas, SM Park, ME Peter - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Micro (mi) RNAs are small, highly conserved noncoding RNAs that control gene expression
post-transcriptionally either via the degradation of target mRNAs or the inhibition of protein …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA—implications for cancer

S Sassen, EA Miska, C Caldas - Virchows Archiv, 2008 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that regulate gene expression post-
transcriptionally. After the discovery of the first miRNA in the roundworm Caenorhabditis …

miR-34a repression of SIRT1 regulates apoptosis

M Yamakuchi, M Ferlito… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
MicroRNA 34a (miR-34a) is a tumor suppressor gene, but how it regulates cell proliferation
is not completely understood. We now show that the microRNA miR-34a regulates silent …

Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis

TC Chang, D Yu, YS Lee, EA Wentzel, DE Arking… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
The c-Myc oncogenic transcription factor (Myc) is pathologically activated in many human
malignancies. Myc is known to directly upregulate a pro-tumorigenic group of microRNAs …

Suppression of non-small cell lung tumor development by the let-7 microRNA family

MS Kumar, SJ Erkeland, RE Pester… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Many microRNAs (miRNAs) target mRNAs involved in processes aberrant in tumorigenesis,
such as proliferation, survival, and differentiation. In particular, the let-7 miRNA family has …

Inactivation of miR-34a by aberrant CpG methylation in multiple types of cancer

D Lodygin, V Tarasov, A Epanchintsev, C Berking… - Cell cycle, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, we and others identified the microRNA miR-34a as a target of the tumor
suppressor gene product p53. Ectopic miR-34a induces a G1 cell cycle arrest, senescence …

Chromatin structure analyses identify miRNA promoters

F Ozsolak, LL Poling, Z Wang, H Liu… - Genes & …, 2008 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Although microRNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression in normal human
physiology and disease, transcriptional regulation of miRNAs is poorly understood, because …

Epigenetic Silencing of MicroRNA-34b/c and B-Cell Translocation Gene 4 Is Associated with CpG Island Methylation in Colorectal Cancer

M Toyota, H Suzuki, Y Sasaki, R Maruyama, K Imai… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Altered expression of microRNA (miRNA) is strongly implicated in cancer, and recent studies
have shown that, in cancer, expression of some miRNAs cells is silenced in association with …

Genomic and epigenetic alterations deregulate microRNA expression in human epithelial ovarian cancer

L Zhang, S Volinia, T Bonome… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small noncoding RNAs that function as
negative gene regulators. miRNA deregulation is involved in the initiation and progression …

MicroRNAs in the miR-106b family regulate p21/CDKN1A and promote cell cycle progression

I Ivanovska, AS Ball, RL Diaz, JF Magnus… - … and cellular biology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Abstract microRNAs in the miR-106b family are overexpressed in multiple tumor types and
are correlated with the expression of genes that regulate the cell cycle. Consistent with these …