Epigenetics of colorectal cancer: biomarker and therapeutic potential

G Jung, E Hernández-Illán, L Moreira… - Nature reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC), a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, evolves as a
result of the stepwise accumulation of a series of genetic and epigenetic alterations in the …

MicroRNA biomarkers in IBD—differential diagnosis and prediction of colitis-associated cancer

JP James, LB Riis, M Malham, E Høgdall… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
These are chronic autoimmune diseases of unknown etiology affecting the gastrointestinal …

Novel evidence for an oncogenic role of microRNA-21 in colitis-associated colorectal cancer

C Shi, Y Yang, Y Xia, Y Okugawa, J Yang, Y Liang… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Objective miR-21 was found to be overexpressed in the colon tissues and serum of patients
with UC and colorectal cancer (CRC); however, the exact roles of miR-21 in colitis …

Interplay between cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying inflammatory bowel diseases development—a focus on ulcerative colitis

I Samoilă, S Dinescu, M Costache - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are defined by the continuous inflammation of the
gastrointestinal tract. During inflammation, the number of pathogens in the intestinal …

Role of altered expression of miR-146a, miR-155, and miR-122 in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease

NJ Béres, D Szabó, D Kocsis, D Szűcs… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Evidence suggests the central role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in the
pathomechanism of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, its effect on epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA exhibit altered expression in the inflamed colonic mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients

S Valmiki, V Ahuja, J Paul - World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To investigate the miRNA expression in colonic mucosal biopsies from endoscopically
inflamed and non inflamed regions of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. METHODS Colonic …

miRNA-26b overexpression in ulcerative colitis-associated carcinogenesis

N Benderska, AL Dittrich, S Knaup… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Longstanding ulcerative colitis (UC) bears a high risk for development of UC-
associated colorectal carcinoma (UCC). The inflammatory microenvironment influences …

Role of MiRNAs in inflammatory bowel disease

B Cao, X Zhou, J Ma, W Zhou, W Yang, D Fan… - Digestive diseases and …, 2017 - Springer
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), mainly including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis,
are characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Despite improvements …

Identification of key regulators of pancreatic cancer progression through multidimensional systems-level analysis

D Rajamani, MK Bhasin - Genome Medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive cancer with dismal prognosis, urgently
necessitating better biomarkers to improve therapeutic options and early diagnosis …

MiR-146a functions as a small silent player in gastric cancer

N Shomali, B Mansoori, A Mohammadi… - Biomedicine & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Gastric cancer is responsible for approximately one million annual deaths worldwide.
Recently, the important roles of miRNAs as vital factors in malignancy processes such as …