| Literature DB >> 27810073 |
Konii Takenaka1, Bei Jun Chen1, Susan C Modesitt2, Frances L Byrne1, Kyle L Hoehn1, Michael Janitz3.
Abstract
The human genome is pervasively transcribed and approximately 98% of the genome is non-coding. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a heterogeneous group of RNA transcripts that are >200 nucleotides in length with minimal to no protein-coding potential. Similar to proteins, lncRNAs have important biological functions in both normal cells and disease states including many types of cancer. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of lncRNAs in cancer biology and highlights the potential for lncRNA as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutics. Herein we focus on the poorly understood role of lncRNAs in endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic malignancy in the developed world.Entities:
Keywords: Endometrial cancer; gene expression; lincRNAs; long non-coding RNAs; transcriptome
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27810073 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2016.09.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Genet