Role of DNA methylation in the resistance to therapy in solid tumors

S Romero-Garcia, H Prado-Garcia… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite the recent advances in chemotherapeutic treatments against cancer, some types of
highly aggressive and invasive cancer develop drug resistance against conventional …

Epigenetic regulation of MicroRNA clusters and families during tumor development

J Gregorova, P Vychytilova-Faltejskova, S Sevcikova - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, the history of RNA interference discovery and current
knowledge about microRNA biogenesis and post-transcriptional regulation of gene …

VIRMA-dependent N6-methyladenosine modifications regulate the expression of long non-coding RNAs CCAT1 and CCAT2 in prostate cancer

D Barros-Silva, J Lobo, C Guimarães-Teixeira… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
RNA methylation at position N6 in adenosine (m6A) and its associated methyltransferase
complex (MTC) are involved in tumorigenesis. We aimed to explore m6A biological function …

An effective epigenetic-PARP inhibitor combination therapy for breast and ovarian cancers independent of BRCA mutations

N Pulliam, F Fang, AR Ozes, J Tang, A Adewuyi… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: PARP inhibitors (PARPi) are primarily effective against BRCA1/2-mutated breast
and ovarian cancers, but resistance due to reversion of mutated BRCA1/2 and other …

JmjC-KDMs KDM3A and KDM6B modulate radioresistance under hypoxic conditions in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

C Macedo-Silva, V Miranda-Gonçalves… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the most frequent esophageal cancer (EC)
subtype, entails dismal prognosis. Hypoxia, a common feature of advanced ESCC, is …

Re-expression of microRNA-4319 inhibits growth of prostate cancer via Her-2 suppression

X Lin, Y Wang - Clinical and Translational Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Her-2 is an epidermal growth factor receptor expressed in some prostate cancers
(PC) associated with outgrowth of the tumor. Dysregulation of some microRNAs is involved …

LncRNA FAM230B promotes gastric cancer growth and metastasis by regulating the miR-27a-5p/TOP2A axis

Y Cui, R Pu, J Ye, H Huang, D Liao, Y Yang… - Digestive diseases and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Aim Long non-coding RNAs serve as key components of competing endogenous
RNA (ceRNA) networks that underlie tumorigenesis. We investigated the pathogenic roles of …

miR‑148a, miR‑152 and miR‑200b promote prostate cancer metastasis by targeting DNMT1 and PTEN expression

V Gurbuz, S Sozen, CY Bilen… - Oncology …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
MicroRNAs (miRs) modulate the expression of target genes in the signal pathway on
transcriptome level. The present study investigated the 'epigenetic‑based miRNA (epi …

microRNA-27a-3p but not-5p is a crucial mediator of human adipogenesis

H Wu, T Pula, D Tews, EZ Amri, KM Debatin… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small, non-coding RNA molecules, play an important role in
the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, thereby influencing important cellular …

MicroRNA profiling identifies biomarkers in head kidneys of common carp exposed to cadmium

Q Liu, J Yang, Y Gong, J Cai, Y Zheng, Y Zhang, D Yu… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is an increasingly important environmental pollutant due to its high toxicity to
fish and aquatic animals. In the present study, we cultured common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) …