Emerging Evidence of the Functional Impact of the miR379/miR656 Cluster (C14MC) in Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Roisin M. Dwyer, Elan C. McCarthy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
QH301-705.5 medicine.medical_treatment Medicine (miscellaneous) Computational biology Review Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Metastasis Targeted therapy Biological pathway 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer breast cancer microRNA medicine Biology (General) Gene miR379 family C14MC EMT medicine.disease Biomarker 030104 developmental biology TKIs 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis miR379/miR656 Cluster Tyrosine kinase |
| Zdroj: | Biomedicines, Vol 9, Iss 827, p 827 (2021) Biomedicines |
| ISSN: | 2227-9059 |
| Popis: | Many microRNAs exist in clusters that share comparable sequence homology and may target genes in a common pathway. The miR-379/miR-656 (C14MC) cluster is imprinted in the DLK1-Dio3 region of 14q32.3 and contains 42 miRNAs. It plays a functional role in numerous biological pathways including vascular remodeling and early development. With many C14MC miRNAs highlighted as potential tumor suppressors in a variety of cancers, the role of this cluster in breast cancer (BC) has garnered increased attention in recent years. This review focuses on C14MC in BC, providing an overview of the constituent miRNAs and addressing each in terms of functional impact, potential target genes/pathways, and, where relevant, biomarker capacity. Studies have revealed the regulation of key factors in disease progression and metastasis including tyrosine kinase pathways and factors critical to epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT). This has potentially important clinical implications, with EMT playing a critical role in BC metastasis and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in widespread use for the treatment of BC. While the majority of studies have reported tumor-suppressing roles for these miRNAs, some have highlighted their potential as oncomiRs. Understanding the collective contribution of miRNAs within C14MC to BC may support improved understanding of disease etiology and present novel approaches to targeted therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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