MicroRNAs: Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Human Cancers

• Main Author: Ryou-u Takahashi (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Takahiro Ochiya (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; tumor initiation and development; cancer therapy; circulating microRNA; microRNA; diagnosis; biomarker; exosome
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a large family of small, approximately 20-22-nucleotide, non-coding RNAs that are involved in gene regulation, mainly at the post-transcriptional level. Multiple lines of evidence have indicated that miRNAs play important roles in the maintenance of biological homeostas...