| Literature DB >> 27714675 |
Hai-Ting Liu1,2, Peng Gao3,4.
Abstract
Metastasis is an important factor in predicting the prognosis of the patients with cancers and contributes to high cancer-related mortality. Recent studies indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) played a functional role in the initiation and progression of human malignancies. MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs of about 22 nucleotides in length that can induce messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation or repress mRNA translation by binding to the 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) of their target genes. Overwhelming reports indicated that miRNAs could regulate cancer invasion and metastasis via epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related and/or non-EMT-related mechanisms. In this review, we concentrate on the underlying mechanisms of miRNAs in regulating cancer progression and metastasis.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer; EMT; EMT-TFs; Metastasis; Progression; microRNA
Year: 2016 PMID: 27714675 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-5436-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tumour Biol ISSN: 1010-4283