MicroRNAs and Cancer: Short RNAs Go a Long Way

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Ventura, Andrea; Jacks, Tyler E
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Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) may be important regulators of gene expression. By modulating oncogenic and tumor suppressor pathways they could, in principle, contribute to tumorigenesis. Consistent with this hypothesis, recurrent genetic and epigenetic alterations of individual miRNAs are found in some tumors. Functional studies are now elucidating the mechanism of action of putative oncogenic and tumor suppressor miRNAs.
Date issued
2009-02
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96170
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Journal
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Ventura, Andrea, and Tyler Jacks. “MicroRNAs and Cancer: Short RNAs Go a Long Way.” Cell 136, no. 4 (February 2009): 586–591. © 2009 Elsevier Inc.
Version: Final published version
ISSN
00928674
1097-4172
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