title: Role of Runx2 in breast cancer-mediated bone metastasis.
abstract: Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer in women. The currently available treatment for breast cancer is mostly curative except when it becomes metastatic. One of the major sites for metastasis of breast cancer is the bone. Homing of the circulating tumor cells is tightly regulated including a number of factors present in the cells and their microenvironment. Runx2, a transcription factor plays an important role in osteogenesis and breast cancer mediated bone metastases. One of the recent advances in molecular therapy includes the discovery of the small, non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs) and they target specific genes to reduce their expression at the post-transcriptional level. This review provides an outline of breast cancer mediated bone metastasis and summarizes the recent development on the regulation of Runx2 expression by miRNAs which can lead to novel molecular therapeutics for the same.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vishal
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swetha
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thejaswini
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arumugam
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: selvamn@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Selvamurugan
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D050659:Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D050659:Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit; D035683:MicroRNAs
keywords: Bone; Breast cancer; Metastasis; MicroRNA; Runx2