MicroRNAs as therapeutic targets in cardiovascular disease

B Laggerbauer, S Engelhardt - The Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The discovery of microRNAs and their role in diseases was a breakthrough that inspired
research into microRNAs as drug targets. Cardiovascular diseases are an area in which …

MSC exosome works through a protein-based mechanism of action

WS Toh, RC Lai, B Zhang, SK Lim - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosome specifically defines the 50–200 nm vesicles that are
secreted into the extracellular space when multivesicular bodies in the MSC fuse with the …

Assessing the ceRNA hypothesis with quantitative measurements of miRNA and target abundance

R Denzler, V Agarwal, J Stefano, DP Bartel, M Stoffel - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Recent studies have reported that competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) can act as
sponges for a microRNA (miRNA) through their binding sites and that changes in ceRNA …

Non-coding RNA: what is functional and what is junk?

AF Palazzo, ES Lee - Frontiers in genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The genomes of large multicellular eukaryotes are mostly comprised of non-protein coding
DNA. Although there has been much agreement that a small fraction of these genomes has …

Exogenous plant MIR168a specifically targets mammalian LDLRAP1: evidence of cross-kingdom regulation by microRNA

L Zhang, D Hou, X Chen, D Li, L Zhu, Y Zhang, J Li… - Cell research, 2012 - nature.com
Our previous studies have demonstrated that stable microRNAs (miRNAs) in mammalian
serum and plasma are actively secreted from tissues and cells and can serve as a novel …

MicroRNAs in human cancer

TA Farazi, JI Hoell, P Morozov, T Tuschl - MicroRNA cancer regulation …, 2013 - Springer
Mature microRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded RNA molecules of 20–23-nucleotide (nt)
length that control gene expression in many cellular processes. These molecules typically …

Endogenous miRNA and target concentrations determine susceptibility to potential ceRNA competition

AD Bosson, JR Zamudio, PA Sharp - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Target competition (ceRNA crosstalk) within miRNA-regulated gene networks has been
proposed to influence biological systems. To assess target competition, we characterize and …

Intracellular and extracellular microRNA: An update on localization and biological role

JA Makarova, MU Shkurnikov, D Wicklein… - … in histochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
MicroRNA (miRNA) is a class of small non-coding RNAs which mediate post-transcriptional
gene silencing (PTGS) by sequence-specific inhibition of target mRNAs translation and/or …

miRNAs in human cancer

TA Farazi, JI Spitzer, P Morozov… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Mature microRNAs (miRNAs) are single‐stranded RNA molecules of 20–23 nucleotide (nt)
length that control gene expression in many cellular processes. These molecules typically …

Rapid electronic detection of probe-specific microRNAs using thin nanopore sensors

M Wanunu, T Dadosh, V Ray, J Jin… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Small RNA molecules have an important role in gene regulation and RNA silencing therapy,
but it is challenging to detect these molecules without the use of time-consuming radioactive …