title: microRNA and cancer.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small, regulatory, non-coding RNA molecules, display aberrant expression patterns and functional abnormalities in human diseases including cancers. This review summarizes the abnormally expressed miRNAs in various types of human cancers, possible mechanisms underlying such abnormalities, and miRNA-modulated molecular pathways critical for cancer development. Practical implications of miRNAs as biomarkers, novel drug targets and therapeutic tools for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments of human cancers are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, 74 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China. limf@mail.sysu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Mengfeng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaofan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Mian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Shi-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D009857:Oncogenes
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D035683:MicroRNAs