title: The miRNA23b-regulated signaling network as a key to cancer development--implications for translational research and therapeutics.
abstract: A growing body of evidence indicates that microRNA23b (miR23b) is pleiotropic-it plays important roles in regulating physiological functions of cells, in regulating differentiation of cells and in regulating cellular immune responses. Our review of the literature showed that dysregulation of miR23b expression is implicated in the disruption of these cellular mechanisms and development of diseases such as cancer. MiR23b dysregulation appears to do this by modulating the expression level of candidate gene products involved in a network of signaling pathways including TGF-beta and Notch pathways that govern malignant properties of cancer cells such as motility and invasiveness. More recently, miR23b regulation of gene expression has also been associated with cancer stem cells and chemoresistance. Our review covers miR23b's role in immunity, endothelial function, differentiation, and cancer as well as its potential for translation into future cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, 118, Wolf Hall, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.|Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, 4701, Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite # 4300, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.
authors.forename: Vignesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.affiliation: CA*TX Inc., Delaware Technology Park, Newark, DE, 19711, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, 118, Wolf Hall, Newark, DE, 19716, USA. brboman@christianacare.org.|Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, 4701, Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite # 4300, Newark, DE, 19713, USA. brboman@christianacare.org.
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Boman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000378:metabolism*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051880:Receptors, Notch / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: C552430:MIRN23a microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
keywords: Cancer stem cells; MiR23b; Signaling pathways