Therapeutic Applications of Micro-RNA in Cancer Management
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Biopharmaceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 885
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is a disease characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and can infiltrate and destroy tissues. This disease is the second leading cause of death in the world, making it a major public health problem. Conventional cancer treatments such as chemotherapies, immunotherapy and targeted therapies are effective until the cancer becomes resistant to the treatment. Therefore, there must be a window of therapeutic options.
MiRNAs are small non-coding RNA sequences with a length of about 20 nucleotides that regulate gene expression. Their deregulation is associated with cancer, and they even act as oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes, playing an important role in tumor biology. In this sense, restoration of miRNA expression and inhibition of overexpressed miRNAs normalizes their function by reversing tumor cell phenotypes. Therefore, the idea of converting miRNAs into therapeutic agents is gaining relevance in this research field, through the use of synthetic molecules, nanoparticles, vesicles, quatsomes, etc., as vehicles for miRNAs to inhibit proliferation, cancer cell invasion, promote apoptosis, inhibit metastasis and increase sensitivity to treatments. This research is laying the groundwork for the application of miRNAs in cancer treatment.
The journal Pharmaceuticals invites both reviews and original articles that shed light on advances in the therapeutic uses of miRNAs for cancer treatment. The collection of manuscripts will be published as a Special Issue of the journal.
Dr. Alma D. Campos-Parra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- miRNAs
- therapeutic applications
- miRNA treatments
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