MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that regulate many metabolic and signal
transduction pathways. The role of miRNAs, usually found in the cytoplasm, in regulating
gene expression and cancer progression has been extensively studied in the last few
decades. However, very recently, miRNAs were found to localize in the mitochondria.
MiRNAs that specifically localize in the mitochondria and the cytoplasmic miRNAs
associated with mitochondria that directly or indirectly modulate specific mitochondrial …