MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers in Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that posttranscriptionally regulate gene expression by targeting their corresponding messenger RNAs (mRNAs). Dysregulated miRNAs have been considered as a new type of ‘‘oncomiRs” or ‘‘tumor suppressors,” playing essential roles in cance...

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Main Authors: Lan, Huiyin, Lu, Haiqi, Wang, Xian, Jin, Hongchuan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385606/