The p53/miR-34 axis in development and disease

M Rokavec, H Li, L Jiang… - Journal of molecular cell …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The tumor suppressor p53 is one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancers.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-protein coding RNAs that regulate gene expression on …

MicroRNAs in autoimmune diseases

Z Qu, W Li, B Fu - BioMed Research International, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are featured by body′ s immune responses being directed
towards its own specific target organs or multiple organ systems, causing persistent …

Epigenetic alterations and microRNA misexpression in cancer and autoimmune diseases: a critical review

Y Saito, H Saito, G Liang, JM Friedman - Clinical reviews in allergy & …, 2014 - Springer
Epigenetic markers such as DNA methylation and histone modifications around promoter
regions modify chromatin structure and regulate expression of downstream genes. In fact …

HMGB1–LPS complex promotes transformation of osteoarthritis synovial fibroblasts to a rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblast-like phenotype

Y Qin, Y Chen, W Wang, Z Wang, G Tang… - Cell death & …, 2014 - nature.com
It is generally believed that some inflammatory antigens can recognize Toll-like receptors on
synovial fibroblasts (SFs) and then activate downstream signals, leading to the formation of …

A non-canonical landscape of the microRNA system

GA Cipolla - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Microribonucleic acids, best known as microRNAs or miRNAs, are small, non-coding RNAs
with important regulatory roles in eukaryotic cells. Here, I present a broad review on highly …

MiR-519d represses ovarian cancer cell proliferation and enhances cisplatin-mediated cytotoxicity in vitro by targeting XIAP

Y Pang, H Mao, L Shen, Z Zhao, R Liu… - OncoTargets and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, noncoding RNAs that are believed to play
fundamental roles in tumorigenesis and tumor development at the posttranscriptional level …

Synthetic pre-microRNAs reveal dual-strand activity of miR-34a on TNF-α

B Guennewig, M Roos, AM Dogar, LFR Gebert… - Rna, 2014 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Functional microRNAs (miRNAs) are produced from both arms of their precursors (pre-
miRNAs). Their abundances vary in context-dependent fashion spatiotemporarily and there …

MicroRNA-34 family, mechanisms of action in cancer: a review

H Maroof, A Salajegheh… - Current cancer drug …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Altered expression of the microRNA-34 family has been determined to be involved in the
pathogenesis of many cancers. In this review, the current knowledge of the cancer-related …

Unmet needs in the treatment of autoimmunity: from aspirin to stem cells

C Chang - Autoimmunity reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
As rheumatologic diseases became understood to be autoimmune in nature, the drugs used
to treat this group of conditions has evolved from herbal or plant derived anti-inflammatory …

The emerging role of epigenetics in rheumatic diseases

S Gay, AG Wilson - Rheumatology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetics is a key mechanism regulating the expression of genes. There are three main
and interrelated mechanisms: DNA methylation, post-translational modification of histone …