Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Onco Targets Ther. 2013 Nov 18;6:1675-84. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S52730. eCollection 2013.
miRNAs (miRs) are short RNA molecules that are involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of mRNA. The roles of miRs in tumor pathogenesis have only recently become a focus of research. It is becoming increasingly clear that miRs are important regulators of apoptosis, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis in cancer cells during cancer genesis and progression, furthering our understanding of cancer. In the present review, we summarize and evaluate the recent advances in our understanding of the characteristics of miRs as well as their regulated functions in cancer stem cells (CSCs), the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and the tumor microenvironment (TM), describing their roles in tumor pathogenesis and their possible use as new therapeutic targets and biomarkers.
miRNAs (miRs) 是参与 mRNA 转录后调控的短 RNA 分子。miRs 在肿瘤发病机制中的作用最近才成为研究的焦点。越来越明显的是,miRs 是肿瘤发生和进展过程中癌细胞凋亡、增殖、侵袭和转移的重要调节剂,进一步加深了我们对癌症的理解。在本综述中,我们总结和评估了最近对 miRs 特征及其在癌症干细胞 (CSCs)、上皮-间充质转化 (EMT) 和肿瘤微环境 (TM) 中调控功能的理解方面的进展,描述了它们在肿瘤发病机制中的作用及其作为新的治疗靶点和生物标志物的可能用途。