Abstract

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Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a class of small non-coding RNAs that control gene expression by targeting messenger RNA (mRNA). Recently, it has been demonstrated that miRNA expression is altered in many human diseases including cancers, suggesting that miRNA may play a potential role in the pathogenesis of different diseases. It has also been reported that there is a unique expression pattern of miRNAs in the disease state differing from the normal state. In this review, we focus on the miRNA signatures in different human diseases including cancers. Such signatures may be used as diagnostic and prognostic markers.

Details

Title
Emerging role of microRNAs in diagnosis and treatment of various diseases including ovarian cancer
Author
Shah, Parag P; Hutchinson, Lauren E; Kakar, Sham S
Publication year
2009
Publication date
2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17572215
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1021131006
Copyright
© 2009 Shah et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.