MicroRNA Silencing by DNA Methylation in Human Cancer: a Literature Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Systematic Review of Literature of miRNA Genes Regulated by DNA Methylation
2.2 MicroRNA Genes Methylated in More Than Two Cancer Types
2.3. MicroRNA Genes Methylated in One Cancer Type
3. Discussion
4. Future Perspectives
5. Material and Methods
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Strmsek, Z.; Kunej, T. MicroRNA Silencing by DNA Methylation in Human Cancer: a Literature Analysis. Non-Coding RNA 2015, 1, 44-52. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna1010044
Strmsek Z, Kunej T. MicroRNA Silencing by DNA Methylation in Human Cancer: a Literature Analysis. Non-Coding RNA. 2015; 1(1):44-52. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna1010044
Chicago/Turabian StyleStrmsek, Ziga, and Tanja Kunej. 2015. "MicroRNA Silencing by DNA Methylation in Human Cancer: a Literature Analysis" Non-Coding RNA 1, no. 1: 44-52. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna1010044