Circulating miRNA analysis for cancer diagnostics and therapy

L Valihrach, P Androvic, M Kubista - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Successful treatment of cancer depends on early diagnosis and effective monitoring of
patients' response to therapy. Traditional tools based on tumor biopsies lack the sensitivity …

MiRNAs: biology, biogenesis, their web-based tools, and databases

M Tafrihi, E Hasheminasab - Microrna, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: MicroRNAs (miRNAs), which are evolutionarily conserved, and endogenous
non-coding RNAs, participate in the post-transcriptional regulation of eukaryotic genes. The …

The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons

I Braasch, AR Gehrke, JJ Smith, K Kawasaki… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
To connect human biology to fish biomedical models, we sequenced the genome of spotted
gar (Lepisosteus oculatus), whose lineage diverged from teleosts before teleost genome …

Structural basis for target-directed microRNA degradation

J Sheu-Gruttadauria, P Pawlica, SM Klum, S Wang… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) broadly regulate gene expression through association with Argonaute
(Ago), which also protects miRNAs from degradation. However, miRNA stability is known to …

A guide to naming human non‐coding RNA genes

RL Seal, LL Chen, S Griffiths‐Jones, TM Lowe… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Research on non‐coding RNA (nc RNA) is a rapidly expanding field. Providing an official
gene symbol and name to nc RNA genes brings order to otherwise potential chaos as it …

Antarctic blackfin icefish genome reveals adaptations to extreme environments

BM Kim, A Amores, S Kang, DH Ahn, JH Kim… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Icefishes (suborder Notothenioidei; family Channichthyidae) are the only
vertebrates that lack functional haemoglobin genes and red blood cells. Here, we report a …

Evaluation of exosomal non-coding RNAs in cancer using high-throughput sequencing

K Hosseini, M Ranjbar, A Pirpour Tazehkand… - Journal of Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Clinical oncologists need more reliable and non-invasive diagnostic and prognostic
biomarkers to follow-up cancer patients. However, the existing biomarkers are often invasive …

Dendrimers show promise for siRNA and microRNA therapeutics

V Dzmitruk, E Apartsin, A Ihnatsyeu-Kachan… - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The lack of an appropriate intracellular delivery system for therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs)
is a major problem in molecular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. A relatively new class …

Mechanisms controlling microRNA expression in tumor

S Chen, Y Wang, D Li, H Wang, X Zhao, J Yang… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are widely present in many organisms and regulate the expression of
genes in various biological processes such as cell differentiation, metabolism, and …

MiRNA–disease association prediction based on meta-paths

L Yu, Y Zheng, L Gao - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Since miRNAs can participate in the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, they
may provide ideas for the development of new drugs or become new biomarkers for drug …