Non-coding RNAs in cancer diagnosis and therapy

Cancer invasion involves a series of fundamental heterogeneous steps, with each step being distinct in its type regarding its dependence on various oncogenic pathways. Over the past few years, researchers have been focusing on targeted therapies to treat malignancies relying not only on a single onc...

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Published in:Non-coding RNA research 2016-10, Vol.1 (1), p.69-76
Main Authors: Rasool, Mahmood, Malik, Arif, Zahid, Sara, Basit Ashraf, Muhammad Abdul, Qazi, Mahmood Husain, Asif, Muhammad, Zaheer, Ahmad, Arshad, Muhammad, Raza, Amir, Jamal, Mohammad Sarwar
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Language:English
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Genetic expression
Metastasis
microRNA
Oncogene
Oncomirs
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Summary:Cancer invasion involves a series of fundamental heterogeneous steps, with each step being distinct in its type regarding its dependence on various oncogenic pathways. Over the past few years, researchers have been focusing on targeted therapies to treat malignancies relying not only on a single oncogenic pathway, but on multiple pathways. Scientists have recently identified potential targets in the human genome considered earlier as non-functional but the discovery of their potential role in gene regulation has put new insights to cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics. Non coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been identified as the key gene expression regulators. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNAs) reveal diverse gene expression profiles in benign and metastatic tumours. Improved clinical research may lead to better knowledge of their biogenesis and mechanism and eventually be used as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic agents. Small non coding RNAs or micro RNA (miRNA) are capable of reprogramming multiple oncogenic cascades and, thus, can be used as target agents. This review is aimed to give a perspective of non coding transcription in cancer metastasis with an eye on rising clinical relevance of non coding RNAs and their mechanism of action focusing on potential therapeutics for cancer pathogenesis.
ISSN:2468-0540
2468-0540
DOI:10.1016/j.ncrna.2016.11.001