Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that mediate gene expression at the post-transcriptional and translational levels and have been demonstrated to be involved in diverse biological functions. Mounting evidence in recent years has shown that miRNAs play key roles in tumorigenesis...
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| author | Yaguang Xi John R. Edwards Jingfang Ju Ph.D. |
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| description | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that mediate gene expression at the post-transcriptional and translational levels and have been demonstrated to be involved in diverse biological functions. Mounting evidence in recent years has shown that miRNAs play key roles in tumorigenesis due to abnormal expression of and mutations in miRNAs. High throughput miRNA expression profiling of several major tumor types has identified miRNAs associated with clinical diagnosis and prognosis of cancer treatment. Previously our group has discovered a novel regulatory relationship between tumor suppressor gene p53 with miRNAs expression and a number of miRNA promoters contain putative p53 binding sites. In addition, others have reported that c-myc can mediate a large number of miRNAs expression. In this review, we will emphasize algorithms to identify mRNA targets of miRNAs and the roles of miRNAs in colorectal cancer. In particular, we will discuss a novel regulatory relationship of miRNAs with tumor suppressor p53 and c-myc. miRNAs are becoming promising novel targets and biomarkers for future cancer therapeutic development and clinical molecular diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41eb417b17c540348cb4a1fd8b9722462022-12-21T18:49:00ZengSAGE PublishingCancer Informatics1176-93512007-01-01310.1177/117693510700300011Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAsYaguang Xi0John R. Edwards1Jingfang Ju Ph.D.2Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.Laboratory of DNA Sequencing and Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that mediate gene expression at the post-transcriptional and translational levels and have been demonstrated to be involved in diverse biological functions. Mounting evidence in recent years has shown that miRNAs play key roles in tumorigenesis due to abnormal expression of and mutations in miRNAs. High throughput miRNA expression profiling of several major tumor types has identified miRNAs associated with clinical diagnosis and prognosis of cancer treatment. Previously our group has discovered a novel regulatory relationship between tumor suppressor gene p53 with miRNAs expression and a number of miRNA promoters contain putative p53 binding sites. In addition, others have reported that c-myc can mediate a large number of miRNAs expression. In this review, we will emphasize algorithms to identify mRNA targets of miRNAs and the roles of miRNAs in colorectal cancer. In particular, we will discuss a novel regulatory relationship of miRNAs with tumor suppressor p53 and c-myc. miRNAs are becoming promising novel targets and biomarkers for future cancer therapeutic development and clinical molecular diagnosis.https://doi.org/10.1177/117693510700300011 |
| spellingShingle | Yaguang Xi John R. Edwards Jingfang Ju Ph.D. Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs Cancer Informatics |
| title | Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs |
| title_full | Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs |
| title_short | Investigation of miRNA Biology by Bioinformatic Tools and Impact of miRNAs in Colorectal Cancer—Regulatory Relationship of c-Myc and p53 with miRNAs |
| title_sort | investigation of mirna biology by bioinformatic tools and impact of mirnas in colorectal cancer regulatory relationship of c myc and p53 with mirnas |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/117693510700300011 |
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