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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385606/ |