解读miRNAs在口腔癌发病过程中的作用:关注信号通路
Ahmed S Doghish1, Ahmed A El-Husseiny2, Emad Gamil Khidr3
1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Cairo (BUC), Badr, Cairo 11829, Egypt; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr, Cairo 11231, Egypt.
Pathology, research and practice
|November 22, 2023
概括
口腔癌 (OC) 的风险涉及生活方式和遗传. 微RNAs (miRNAs) 是OC发展和预后的关键调节者,提供潜在的诊断生物标志物.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 口腔癌 (OC) 是一种主要的头癌,受到烟草,酒精,病毒感染和遗传因素的影响.
- 目前的诊断方法往往在较晚的阶段检测OC,因为缺乏特定的生物标志物.
- 非编码RNAs (ncRNAs),特别是microRNAs (miRNAs),调节基因表达,并与各种癌症有关.
研究的目的:
- 探索微RNAs (miRNAs) 在口腔癌 (OC) 发病过程中的作用及其作为诊断生物标志物的潜力.
- 审查miRNAs在与OC发展相关的关键信号通路中的参与.
主要方法:
- 文献综述侧重于ncRNAs,特别是miRNAs在口腔癌中的作用.
- 分析miRNA参与已建立的OC相关信号通路的分析,例如Notch,PTEN/Akt/mTOR,KRAS,JAK/STAT,P53,EGFR和VEGFs.
主要成果:
- 在口腔癌中经常观察到特定miRNAs的失调.
- miRNAs 影响瘤性过程,并与瘤性癌症的预后有关.
- miRNAs参与调节OC发育中的关键信号通路.
结论:
- 微RNAs (miRNAs) 在口腔癌 (OC) 的发展和进展中发挥着重要作用.
- miRNA失调与OC预后有关,突出了它们作为生物标志物的潜力.
- 准miRNA路径可能为口腔癌提供新的治疗策略.
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