miRNA: a promising therapeutic target in cancer

A Menon, N Abd-Aziz, K Khalid, CL Poh… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
microRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate several genes post-transcriptionally by
complementarity pairing. Since discovery, they have been reported to be involved in a …

Epigenetic modulation and understanding of HDAC inhibitors in cancer therapy

MJ Ramaiah, AD Tangutur, RR Manyam - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The role of genetic and epigenetic factors in tumor initiation and progression is well
documented. Histone deacetylases (HDACs), histone methyl transferases (HMTs), and DNA …

Circular RNAs: biogenesis, function and role in human diseases

J Greene, AM Baird, L Brady, M Lim… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are currently classed as non-coding RNA (ncRNA) that, unlike
linear RNAs, form covalently closed continuous loops and act as gene regulators in …

miRNAs as potential game-changers in melanoma: a comprehensive review

GM Abd-Allah, A Ismail, HA El-Mahdy… - … -Research and Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanoma is the sixth most frequent malignancy. It represents 1.7% of all cancer cases
worldwide. Many risk factors are associated with melanoma including ultraviolet radiation …

Clustered miRNAs and their role in biological functions and diseases

SP Kabekkodu, V Shukla, VK Varghese… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, small non‐coding RNAs known to regulate
expression of protein‐coding genes. A large proportion of miRNAs are highly conserved …

Improved loading of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles to encapsulate antitumor miRNAs

MAC Pomatto, B Bussolati, S D'Antico, S Ghiotto… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2019 - cell.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry various molecules involved in intercellular communication
and have raised great interest as drug delivery systems. Several engineering methods have …

[HTML][HTML] Circular RNAs as potential biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and therapy

F Wang, AJ Nazarali, S Ji - American journal of cancer research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a naturally occurring type of universal and diverse
endogenous noncoding RNAs which unlike linear RNAs, have covalently linked ends. They …

Familial hypercholesterolemia: the most frequent cholesterol metabolism disorder caused disease

A Benito-Vicente, KB Uribe, S Jebari… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cholesterol is an essential component of cell barrier formation and signaling transduction
involved in many essential physiologic processes. For this reason, cholesterol metabolism …

The roles of different microRNAs in the regulation of cholesterol in viral hepatitis

X Meng, Y Eslami, E Derafsh, A Saihood… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Cholesterol plays a significant role in stabilizing lipid or membrane rafts, which are specific
cellular membrane structures. Cholesterol is involved in numerous cellular processes …

MicroRNA biogenesis, gene silencing mechanisms and role in breast, ovarian and prostate cancer

S Khan, H Ayub, T Khan, F Wahid - Biochimie, 2019 - Elsevier
Micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) are important class of short regulatory RNA molecules
involved in regulation of several essential biological processes. In addition to Dicer and …