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Review
. 2018 Sep;592(17):2884-2900.
doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.13182. Epub 2018 Jul 20.

Noncoding RNAs in disease

Evangelia Lekka  1 , Jonathan Hall  1
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Review

Noncoding RNAs in disease

Evangelia Lekka et al. FEBS Lett. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

Noncoding RNAs are emerging as potent and multifunctional regulators in all biological processes. In parallel, a rapidly growing number of studies has unravelled associations between aberrant noncoding RNA expression and human diseases. These associations have been extensively reviewed, often with the focus on a particular microRNA (miRNA) (family) or a selected disease/pathology. In this Mini-Review, we highlight a selection of studies in order to demonstrate the wide-scale involvement of miRNAs and long noncoding RNAs in the pathophysiology of three types of diseases: cancer, cardiovascular and neurological disorders. This research is opening new avenues to novel therapeutic approaches.

Keywords: long noncoding RNA; microRNA; noncoding RNA.

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Figure 1
The individual steps of miRNA biogenesis.
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LncRNAs show a wide variety of functions.
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