The Role of Regulatory Non-Coding RNA in Cancer (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".
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Dear Colleagues,
Although initially presumed to be non-functional, numerous studies from the past decade have established the indispensable functions of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), including in chromatin remodeling and transcriptional as well as post-transcriptional regulation. In cancer, ncRNAs have been implicated in events of initiation and progression. These include microRNAs (miRNAs), long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), PIWI-interacting RNAs, small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), and sno-derived RNAs. Most of the literature discusses the involvement of miRNAs, siRNAs, and lncRNAs in different cancers, but other ncRNA types are also supposed to have significant contributions to carcinogenesis.
Since ncRNAs are critical in cancer development and metastasis, this Special Issue will not only describe novel ncRNAs but also the unexplored mechanisms by which these ncRNAs regulate distinct aspects of carcinogenesis. It will also focus on the therapeutic targeting of these ncRNAs to develop and optimize anticancer strategies. Moreover, whether specific ncRNAs have tissue-and/or cancer-type-specific roles and regulation will also be discussed in this Special Issue.
Dr. Jyoti Srivastava
Dr. Sanjay Premi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cancer initiation
- cancer progression
- metastasis
- ncRNAs
- miRNAs
- lncRNAs
- gene regulation
- chromatin remodeling
- targeted therapeutics
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