SARS-COV-2 as potential microRNA sponge in COVID-19 patients

Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNA that can downregulate their targets by selectively binding to the 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) of most messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in the human genome. MiRNAs can interact with other molecules such as viruses and act as a mediat...

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Main Authors: Chang Li, Rebecca Wang, Aurora Wu, Tina Yuan, Kevin Song, Yongsheng Bai, Xiaoming Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-022-01243-7