Clinical Potential of Non-coding RNAs in Cancer

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing awareness of inter- and intra-tumour heterogeneity calls for the introduction of new biomarkers for patient stratification and new therapeutic strategies to target the most aggressive tumour subpopulations. Cancer research has thus far been focusing on alterations in protein-coding genes. However, recent genome-wide studies suggest that disease-causing mutations and chromosome rearrangements often span transcribed areas of the genome lacking a known protein-coding gene. Often expressed in a tissue-, disease- and stage-specific manner, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are attractive cancer-selective markers and therapeutic targets. 

Non-coding RNA is now accepting submissions for a Special Issue on the promises and pitfalls of implanting research on non-coding RNAs into the clinic.

Dr. Eleonora Leucci
Guest Editor

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