Atherosclerosis and its attendant clinical complications, such as myocardial infarction,
stroke, and peripheral artery disease, are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in …

Micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) are in the spotlight as post-transcriptional regulators of
gene expression. More than 1,000 miRNAs are encoded in the human genome. In this …

Background: Aberrant expression of circular RNA contributes to human diseases. Circular
RNAs regulate gene expression by sequestering specific microRNAs. In this study, we …

Cancer of the salivary glands is one of the five major types of head and neck cancer. Due to
radioresistance and a strong propensity for metastasis, the survival rate for nonresectable …

Disease is often the result of an aberrant or inadequate response to physiologic and
pathophysiologic stress. Studies over the last 10 years have uncovered a recurring …

The aim of the present study is to identify microRNAs (miRs) with high potential to be used
as biomarkers in plasma and/or serum to clinically diagnose, or provide accurate prognosis …

Atherosclerosis is classed as a disease of aging, such that increasing age is an independent
risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is also associated with …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are involved in phenotypic switching in
atherosclerosis. This switching is characterized by VSMC dedifferentiation, migration, and …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of posttranscriptional regulators that have recently
introduced an additional level of intricacy to our understanding of gene regulation. There are …

Despite their clear importance as a class of regulatory molecules, pinpointing the relevance
of individual miRNAs has been challenging. Studies querying miRNA functions by …