| Literature DB >> 19636633 |
Wolf Arif Mardin1, Soeren Torge Mees.
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is known for its very poor overall prognosis, making tools for early diagnosis and new therapeutic modalities urgently needed. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous noncoding RNA molecules of approximately 22 nt, have gained attention as an epigenetic component involved in the development of many cancers, including PDAC. miRNA expression profiles of varying pancreatic tissues have identified a number of differentially expressed miRNAs and seem to be able to differentiate between three tissues of clinical importance: normal pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, and PDAC. This article gathers our current knowledge of differentially expressed miRNAs in pancreatic tissues with relevance to PDAC and presents potential diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19636633 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0623-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Surg Oncol ISSN: 1068-9265 Impact factor: 5.344