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miR-29s: a family of epi-miRNAs with therapeutic implications in hematologic malignancies.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Amodio, Nicola Rossi, Marco Raimondi, Lavinia Pitari, Maria Rita Botta, Cirino Tagliaferri, Pierosandro Tassone, Pierfrancesco |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | A wealth of studies has highlighted the biological complexity of hematologic malignancies and the role of dysregulated signal transduction pathways. Along with the crucial role of genetic abnormalities, epigenetic aberrations are nowadays emerging as relevant players in cancer development, and significant research efforts are currently focusing on mechanisms by which histone post-translational modifications, DNA methylation and noncoding RNAs contribute to the pathobiology of cancer. As a consequence, these studies have provided the rationale for the development of epigenetic drugs, such as histone deacetylase inhibitors and demethylating compounds, some of which are currently in advanced phase of pre-clinical investigation or in clinical trials. In addition, a more recent body of evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) might target effectors of the epigenetic machinery, which are aberrantly expressed or active in cancers, thus reverting those epigenetic abnormalities driving tumor initiation and progression. This review will focus on the broad epigenetic activity triggered by members of the miR-29 family, which underlines the potential of miR-29s as candidate epi-therapeutics for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. |
| Journal | Oncotarget |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC4536984 |
| Issue Number | 15 |
| PubMed reference number | 25968566 |
| e-ISSN | 19492553 |
| DOI | 10.18632/oncotarget.3805 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Impact Journals LLC |
| Publisher Date | 2015-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Copyright: © 2015 Amodio et al. |
| Subject Keyword | miR-29a miR-29b miR-29c hematologic malignancies multiple myeloma |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Oncology |