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miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that play a pivotal role in many aspects of cell biology, including cancer development. Within esophageal cancer, miRNAs have been proved to be involved in all phases of carcinogenesis, from initiation to metastatic spread. Several miRNAs have been found...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33807389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073640 |
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author | Zarrilli, Giovanni Galuppini, Francesca Angerilli, Valentina Munari, Giada Sabbadin, Marianna Lazzarin, Vanni Nicolè, Lorenzo Biancotti, Rachele Fassan, Matteo |
author_facet | Zarrilli, Giovanni Galuppini, Francesca Angerilli, Valentina Munari, Giada Sabbadin, Marianna Lazzarin, Vanni Nicolè, Lorenzo Biancotti, Rachele Fassan, Matteo |
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description | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that play a pivotal role in many aspects of cell biology, including cancer development. Within esophageal cancer, miRNAs have been proved to be involved in all phases of carcinogenesis, from initiation to metastatic spread. Several miRNAs have been found to be dysregulated in esophageal premalignant lesions, namely Barrett’s esophagus, Barrett’s dysplasia, and squamous dysplasia. Furthermore, numerous studies have investigated the alteration in the expression levels of many oncomiRNAs and tumor suppressor miRNAs in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma, thus proving how miRNAs are able modulate crucial regulatory pathways of cancer development. Considering these findings, miRNAs may have a role not only as a diagnostic and prognostic tool, but also as predictive biomarker of response to anti-cancer therapies and as potential therapeutic targets. This review aims to summarize several studies on the matter, focusing on the possible diagnostic–therapeutic implications. |
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spelling | pubmed-80375812021-04-12 miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma Zarrilli, Giovanni Galuppini, Francesca Angerilli, Valentina Munari, Giada Sabbadin, Marianna Lazzarin, Vanni Nicolè, Lorenzo Biancotti, Rachele Fassan, Matteo Int J Mol Sci Review MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that play a pivotal role in many aspects of cell biology, including cancer development. Within esophageal cancer, miRNAs have been proved to be involved in all phases of carcinogenesis, from initiation to metastatic spread. Several miRNAs have been found to be dysregulated in esophageal premalignant lesions, namely Barrett’s esophagus, Barrett’s dysplasia, and squamous dysplasia. Furthermore, numerous studies have investigated the alteration in the expression levels of many oncomiRNAs and tumor suppressor miRNAs in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma, thus proving how miRNAs are able modulate crucial regulatory pathways of cancer development. Considering these findings, miRNAs may have a role not only as a diagnostic and prognostic tool, but also as predictive biomarker of response to anti-cancer therapies and as potential therapeutic targets. This review aims to summarize several studies on the matter, focusing on the possible diagnostic–therapeutic implications. MDPI 2021-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8037581/ /pubmed/33807389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073640 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Zarrilli, Giovanni Galuppini, Francesca Angerilli, Valentina Munari, Giada Sabbadin, Marianna Lazzarin, Vanni Nicolè, Lorenzo Biancotti, Rachele Fassan, Matteo miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma |
title | miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma |
title_full | miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma |
title_fullStr | miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma |
title_full_unstemmed | miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma |
title_short | miRNAs Involved in Esophageal Carcinogenesis and miRNA-Related Therapeutic Perspectives in Esophageal Carcinoma |
title_sort | mirnas involved in esophageal carcinogenesis and mirna-related therapeutic perspectives in esophageal carcinoma |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33807389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073640 |
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