Canonical MicroRNA Activity Facilitates but May Be Dispensable for Transcription Factor-Mediated Reprogramming by Zhong Liu, Maria Skamagki, Kitai Kim, Rui Zhao

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); however, it is unclear whether miRNAs are required for reprogramming and whether miRNA activity as a whole facilitates reprogramming. …”
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Emerging Role of MicroRNA-30c in Neurological Disorders by Manish Kumar, Guohong Li

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate the expression of target genes by interacting with 3′ untranslated regions of target mRNAs to induce mRNA degradation and translational repression. …”
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Developmental conservation of microRNA gene localization at the nuclear periphery. by Eralda Salataj, Chrysoula Stathopoulou, Róbert A Hafþórsson, Christoforos Nikolaou, Charalampos G Spilianakis

“…microRNAs are of vital importance for the regulation of the adaptive and innate immune responses, modulating gene expression at the post transcriptional level. …”
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microRNA biomarkers in cystic diseases by Jong Hoon Park, Yu Mi Woo

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulategene expression by targeting the 3’-untranslated region of multipletarget genes. …”
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miR-10a regulates proliferation of human cardiomyocyte progenitor cells by targeting GATA6. by Dandan Liang, Lixiao Zhen, Tianyou Yuan, Jian Huang, Fangfei Deng, Wuyahan, Hong Zhang, Lei Pan, Yi Liu, Erlinda The, Zuoren Yu, Weidong Zhu, Yuzhen Zhang, Li Li, Luying Peng, Jun Li, Yi-Han Chen

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) play essential roles in cardiogenesis. …”
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Pan-cancer characterisation of microRNA with hallmarks of cancer reveals role of microRNA-mediated downregulation of tumour suppressor genes by Dhawan, A, Scott, J, Harris, A, Buffa, F

“…microRNAs are key regulators of the human transcriptome across a number of diverse biological processes, such as development, aging and cancer, where particular miRNAs have been identified as tumour suppressive and oncogenic. …”

Pan-cancer characterisation of microRNA across cancer hallmarks reveals microRNA-mediated downregulation of tumour suppressors by Dhawan, A, Scott, J, Harris, A, Buffa, F

“…microRNAs are key regulators of the human transcriptome across a number of diverse biological processes, such as development, aging and cancer, where particular miRNAs have been identified as tumour suppressive and oncogenic. …”

Primary microRNA transcripts are processed co-transcriptionally. by Morlando, M, Ballarino, M, Gromak, N, Pagano, F, Bozzoni, I, Proudfoot, N

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are generated from long primary (pri-) RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-derived transcripts by two RNase III processing reactions: Drosha cleavage of nuclear pri-miRNAs and Dicer cleavage of cytoplasmic pre-miRNAs. …”

Pattern recognition receptor mediated downregulation of microRNA-650 fine-tunes MxA expression in dendritic cells infected with Influenza A virus by Simmons, A, Pichulik, T, Khatamzas, E, Liu, X, Brain, O, Delmiro Garcia, M, Leslie, A, Danis, B, Mayer, A, Baban, D, Ragoussis, J, Weber, A

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression, which have been shown to fine-tune innate immune responses downstream of pattern recognition receptor (PRR) signaling. …”

Primary microRNA transcripts are processed co-transcriptionally. by Morlando, M, Ballarino, M, Gromak, N, Pagano, F, Bozzoni, I, Proudfoot, N

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are generated from long primary (pri-) RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-derived transcripts by two RNase III processing reactions: Drosha cleavage of nuclear pri-miRNAs and Dicer cleavage of cytoplasmic pre-miRNAs. …”

Dicer is selectively important for the earliest stages of erythroid development. by Buza-Vidas, N, Cismasiu, V, Moore, S, Mead, A, Woll, P, Lutteropp, M, Melchiori, L, Luc, S, Bouriez-Jones, T, Atkinson, D, O'Carroll, D, Jacobsen, SE, Nerlov, C

“…MicroRNAs (miRs) are involved in many aspects of normal and malignant hematopoiesis, including hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal, proliferation, and terminal differentiation. …”

Potential Biomarkers of miR-371–373 Gene Cluster in Tumorigenesis by Junaid Ali Shah, Saadullah Khattak, Mohd Ahmar Rauf, Yong Cai, Jingji Jin

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA transcripts (20–24 nucleotides) that bind to their complementary sequences in the 3′-untranslated regions (3′-UTR) of targeted genes to negatively or positively regulate their expression. miRNAs affect the expression of genes in cells, thereby contributing to several important biological processes, including tumorigenesis. …”
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miR-203 Acts as a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Osteosarcoma by Regulating RAB22A. by Dawei Yang, Guangpeng Liu, Kunzheng Wang

“…microRNAs (miRNAs), small noncoding RNAs of 19-25 nt, play an important roles in the pathological processes of tumorigenesis. …”
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The Role and Mechanism of microRNA-1224 in Human Cancer by Mingwei Ma, Mingwei Ma, Jie Li, Jie Li, Zimu Zhang, Zimu Zhang, Juan Sun, Juan Sun, Zhen Liu, Zhen Liu, Ziyang Zeng, Ziyang Zeng, Siwen Ouyang, Siwen Ouyang, Weiming Kang, Weiming Kang

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are a type of small endogenous non-coding RNAs composed of 20-22 nucleotides, which can regulate the expression of a gene by targeting 3’ untranslated region (3’-UTR) of mRNA. …”
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Recent Advances in miRNA Delivery Systems by Ishani Dasgupta, Anushila Chatterjee

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a family of short non-coding regulatory RNA molecules that are produced in a tissue and time-specific manner to orchestrate gene expression post-transcription. …”
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Conserved expression patterns predict microRNA targets. by William Ritchie, Megha Rajasekhar, Stephane Flamant, John E J Rasko

“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are major regulators of gene expression and thereby modulate many biological processes. …”
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miRNAs: Potential as Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Cancer by Atonu Chakrabortty, Daniel J. Patton, Bruce F. Smith, Payal Agarwal

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded, non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally by binding to messenger RNAs. miRNAs are important regulators of gene expression, and their dysregulation is implicated in many human and canine diseases. …”
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Hypoxia promotes stem cell phenotypes and poor prognosis through epigenetic regulation of DICER by Van Den Beucken, T, Koch, E, Chu, K, Rupaimoole, R, Prickaerts, P, Adriaens, M, Voncken, JW, Harris, AL, Buffa, FM, Haider, S, Starmans, MHW, Yao, CQ, Ivan, M, Ivan, C, Pecot, CV, Boutros, PC, Sood, AK, Koritzinsky, M, Wouters, BG

“…MicroRNAs are small regulatory RNAs that post transcriptionally control gene expression. …”

Advancing GCT Management: A Review of miR-371a-3p and Other miRNAs in Comparison to Traditional Serum Tumor Markers by Crystal L. Seales, Dhruv Puri, Nuphat Yodkhunnatham, Kshitij Pandit, Kit Yuen, Sarah Murray, Jane Smitham, John T. Lafin, Aditya Bagrodia

“…MicroRNAs, short non-protein coding RNAs, are overexpressed in GCTs. …”
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miRacle of microRNA-Driven Cancer Nanotherapeutics by Goknur Kara, Banu Arun, George A. Calin, Bulent Ozpolat

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-protein-coding RNA molecules 20–25 nucleotides in length that can suppress the expression of genes involved in numerous physiological processes in cells. …”
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