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Genome-wide Screen for miRNA Targets Using the MISSION Target ID Library
Published on: April 6, 2012
Control of metastatic progression by microRNA regulatory networks
Nora Pencheva1, Sohail F Tavazoie
1Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Abstract:
Aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression is a defining feature of human malignancy. Specific miRNAs have been identified as promoters or suppressors of metastatic progression. miRNAs control metastasis through divergent or convergent regulation of metastatic gene pathways. Some miRNA regulatory networks govern cell-autonomous cancer phenotypes, whereas others modulate the cell-extrinsic composition of the metastatic microenvironment. The use of small RNAs as probes into the molecular and cellular underpinnings of metastasis holds promise for the identification of candidate genes for potential therapeutic intervention.
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