微小RNA与人类肿瘤

微小RNA(microRNA,miRNA)是一类对基因具有调控功能的内源性非编码小分子RNA.目前认为miRNA在多种生物学过程中起着至关重要的作用,包括细胞增殖、分化、凋亡等.近年研究表明miRNA表达异常能导致疾病甚至肿瘤的发生,有类似于抑癌基因或癌基因的功能.因此,对miRNA的进一步研究为肿瘤的诊断和治疗开辟了...     

微小RNA与人类肿瘤

微小RNA（microRNA,miRNA）是一类对基因具有调控功能的内源性非编码小分子RNA。目前认为miRNA在多种生物学过程中起着至关重要的作用,包括细胞增殖、分化、凋亡等。近年研究表明miRNA表达异常能导致疾病甚至肿瘤的发生,有类似于抑癌基因或癌基因的功能。因此,对miRNA的进一步研究为肿瘤的诊断和治疗开辟了新的路径。     

MicroRNAs与癌症

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) belong to a class of noncoding, regulatory RNAs that are involved in oncogenesis and show remarkable tissue specificity. miRNAs are approximately 22 nt non-coding RNAs, which regulate gene expression in a sequence-specific manner via translational inhibition or messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation, thus affecting various cellular processes. Since the discovery of their fundamental mechanisms of action, the field of miRNAs has opened a new era in the understanding of small noncoding RNAs. Recent evidence has shown that miRNA controls cell growth, apoptosis, and differentiation. Cancer is a complex genetic disease caused by abnormalities in gene structure and expression, moreover, miRNA expression correlates with cancers and could have a crucial function in tumor progression. Bioinformatic data indicate that each miRNA can control hundreds of target genes, but identification of the accurate miRNA targets will be crucial to exploit the emerging knowledge of miRNA contribution to cancer process.     

MicroRNA profiling and prediction of recurrence/relapse-free survival in stage I lung cancer

About 30% stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing resection will recur. Robust prognostic markers are required to better manage therapy options. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs of 19-25 nt and play important roles in gene regulation in human cancers. The purpose of this study is to identify miRNA expression profiles that would better predict prognosis of stage I NSCLC. MiRNAs extracted from 527 stage I NSCLC patients were profiled on the human miRNA expression profiling v2 panel (Illumina). The expression profiles were analyzed for their association with cancer subtypes, lung cancer brain metastasis and recurrence/relapse free survival (RFS). MiRNA expression patterns between lung adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma differed significantly with 171 miRNAs, including Let-7 family members and miR-205. Ten miRNAs associated with brain metastasis were identified including miR-145*, which inhibit cell invasion and metastasis. Two miRNA signatures that are highly predictive of RFS were identified. The first contained 34 miRNAs derived from 357 stage I NSCLC patients independent of cancer subtype, whereas the second containing 27 miRNAs was adenocarcinoma specific. Both signatures were validated using formalin-fixed paraffin embedded and/or fresh frozen tissues in independent data set with 170 stage I patients. Our findings have important prognostic or therapeutic implications for the management of stage I lung cancer patients. The identified miRNAs hold great potential as targets for histology-specific treatment or prevention and treatment of recurrent disease.     

微RNA与肿瘤

微RNA(miRNA)是一类非编码的小RNA分子,通过直接抑制基因转录或蛋白质的表达而在器官发育,细胞增殖、分化和凋亡等多种生理过程中发挥关键作用.miRNA异常表达往往导致包括肿瘤在内的多种疾病.研究发现,miRNA在肿瘤发生发展、侵袭转移及肿瘤的诊治中起着重要作用.     

微RNA与肿瘤

微RNA(miRNA)是一类非编码的小RNA分子,通过直接抑制基因转录或蛋白质的表达而在器官发育,细胞增殖、分化和凋亡等多种生理过程中发挥关键作用.miRNA异常表达往往导致包括肿瘤在内的多种疾病.研究发现,miRNA在肿瘤发生发展、侵袭转移及肿瘤的诊治中起着重要作用.     

微RNA与肿瘤

微RNA（miRNA）是一类非编码的小RNA分子,通过直接抑制基因转录或蛋白质的表达而在器官发育,细胞增殖、分化和凋亡等多种生理过程中发挥关键作用.miRNA异常表达往往导致包括肿瘤在内的多种疾病.研究发现,miRNA在肿瘤发生发展、侵袭转移及肿瘤的诊治中起着重要作用.     

微小RNA与非小细胞肺癌

 微小RNA（miRNA）是真核细胞中一大类参与基因转录后调控的非编码小分子RNA,研究表明miRNA与非小细胞肺癌（NSCLC）发生发展密切相关。在NSCLC中,miRNA通过下调抑癌基因,作为癌基因或作用于信号通路中某些靶点,其累积最终可能导致肺癌细胞生物学效应的明显改变,从而被认为与其发生,肿瘤细胞增殖及侵袭,细胞凋亡及放化疗抵抗性的获得等有关。因此,miRNA将有希望用于肿瘤的诊断及治疗。     

miR-25在非小细胞肺癌中的研究进展

microRNA(微小RNA,miRNA)是小的非编码RNA,能够通过靶向信使RNA进行翻译抑制或在较小程度上降解来抑制基因表达。miRNA不受控制的表达与癌症进展相关,并且miRNA上调或下调与癌症中的致癌和肿瘤抑制作用相关。 miR-25是miRNA的一员,研究表明miR-25参与非小细胞肺癌的发生、转移侵袭、诊断、介导铂耐药及预后过程。本文主要综述了近年来非小细胞肺癌与miR-25相关研究取得的最新进展。     

微小RNA与胃癌的研究进展

 微小RNA(microRNA,简称miRNA),是一类生物体内源性的非编码小RNA,在转录后水平上对基因的表达进行负调控,导致mRNA的降解或翻译抑制。影响细胞分化、增殖、凋亡、癌变等多个方面,在整个生物发育过程中产生重要的作用,miRNA可以作为癌基因或抑癌基因在胃癌中发挥作用,本文就miRNA在胃癌中的表达及其作用研究进展作一综述。     

What makes a blood cell based miRNA expression pattern disease specific? - A miRNome analysis of blood cell subsets in lung cancer patients and healthy controls

There is evidence of blood-borne miRNA signatures for various human diseases. To dissect the origin of disease-specific miRNA expression in human blood, we separately analyzed the miRNome of different immune cell subtypes, each in lung cancer patients and healthy individuals. Each immune cell type revealed a specific miRNA expression pattern also dependinging on the cell origin, line of defense, and function. The overall expression pattern of each leukocyte subtype showed great similarities between patients and controls. However, for each cell subtype we identified miRNAs that were deregulated in lung cancer patients including hsa-miR-21, a well-known oncomiR associated with poor lung cancer prognosis that was up-regulated in all leukocyte subtype comparisons of cancer versus controls. While the miRNome of cells of the adaptive immune system allowed only a weak separation between patients and controls, cells of the innate immune system allowed perfect or nearly perfect classification. Leukocytes of lung cancer patients show a cancer-specific miRNA expression profile. Our data also show that cancer specific miRNA expression pattern of whole blood samples are not determined by a single cell type. The data indicate that additional blood components, like erythrocytes, platelets, or exosomes might contribute to the disease specificity of a miRNA signature.     

miR-708-5p enhances erlotinib/paclitaxel efficacy and overcomes chemoresistance in lung cancer cells

Lung cancer is a collection of aggressive tumors generally not diagnosed until late-stage, resulting in high mortality rates. The vast majority of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergo combinatory chemotherapeutic treatment, which initially reduces tumor growth, but frequently becomes ineffective due to toxicity and resistance. Researchers have identified multiple signaling pathways involved in lung cancer chemoresistance, including cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)/microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) derived prostaglandin E2 (PGE₂). While COX-2 inhibitors have shown promise in the clinic, their use is limited due to severe side effects. One novel approach to effectively suppress COX-2 signaling is through microRNA (miRNA). MiRNAs are small-noncoding RNAs commonly misexpressed in cancer. One tumor suppressive miRNA, miR-708-5p, has been shown to repress pro-resistant signaling pathways, including COX-2 and mPGES-1. Here, we demonstrate that chemotherapies reduce COX-2 expression, possibly through induction of miR-708-5p. Moreover, combination treatment of erlotinib (ERL) or paclitaxel (PAC) with miR-708-5p enhances COX-2 and mPGES-1 protein suppression. We also show that combination chemotherapeutic and miR-708-5p treatment intensifies the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of ERL and PAC. We also created ERL and PAC resistant lung cancer cell lines, which have increased COX-2 expression and diminished miR-708-5p levels compared to naïve lung cancer cells. While ERL and PAC treatments do not alter resistant cell phenotype alone, combination treatment with miR-708-5p partially restores the chemotherapies’ anti-proliferative effects and fully restores their pro-apoptotic qualities. These data suggest miR-708-5p may have potential combinatory therapeutic value to more efficaciously treat lung tumors while overcoming chemoresistance.     

microRNAs and cancer: role in tumorigenesis,patient classification and therapy

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that downregulate gene expression during various crucial cell processes such as apoptosis, differentiation and development. Recent work supports a role for miRNAs in the initiation and progression of human malignancies. Moreover, large high-throughput studies in patients revealed that miRNA profiling has the potential to classify tumours and predict patient outcome with high accuracy. Functional studies, some of which involve animal models, indicate that miRNAs act as tumour suppressors and oncogenes. This review examines the role of miRNAs in the pathogenesis of cancer as well as miRNA-profiling studies performed in human malignancies. Implications of these findings for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients are also discussed.     

miRNA在原发性肝癌中的研究进展

原发性肝癌是世界范围内最常见和最具侵袭性的恶性肿瘤之一。miRNA是一系列调控基因转录后表达的非编码小RNA。研究发现,miRNA具有癌基因和抑癌基因的作用,在肿瘤的发生和发展中起着重要的作用。已有证据表明,原发性肝癌中存在一些异常表达的miRNA,它们多靶向于肝癌发生、发展相关的基因和信号通路,从而广泛调节肝癌细胞的增殖、分化、凋亡、侵袭和转移等重要的涉及癌细胞发生演变的病理过程。异常表达的miRNA及其功能靶标的发现不仅丰富了肝癌的发病机制,也为探索新的基因靶向治疗提供了可能; miRNA表达谱还与肝癌病理类型、恶性程度、分期、分级等临床病理过程密切相关,提示miRNA不仅可能用于肝癌诊断及个体化治疗,也可能作为判断预后的工具。本文就肝癌发生、发展、诊断、靶向治疗和预后中发挥重要作用的miRNA及其作用靶点作一综述。