OBJECTIVES Oral cancer is the sixth most common malignancy worldwide. Cancer development and progression requires inactivation of tumour suppressor genes and activation of proto-oncogenes. Expression of these genes is in part dependant on RNA and microRNA based mechanisms. MicroRNAs are essential regulators of diverse cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, survi...

BACKGROUND MicroRNA regulate the activity of protein-coding genes including those involved in hematopoietic cancers. The aim of the current study was to explore which microRNA are unique for seven different subtypes of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. DESIGN AND METHODS Expression levels of 397 microRNA (including novel microRNA) were measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain...

Abstract Background and aim Currently, nonalcoholic liver disease (NAFLD) is the most predominant chronic disorder. NAFLD has been linked to hepatic extrahepatic morbidities. We aimed investigate role of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI), hepatorenal index (HRI), serum microRNA-130b as non-invasive predictors for kidney (CKD) in patients. Material methods In a case–control design, we incl...

MicroRNA-offset-RNAs (moRNAs) were recently detected as highly abundant class of small RNAs in a basal chordate. Using short read sequencing data, we show here that moRNAs are also produced from human microRNA precursors, albeit at quite low expression levels. The expression levels of moRNAs are unrelated to those of the associated microRNAs. Surprisingly, microRNA precursors that also show moR...

BACKGROUND MicroRNA are a class of small RNAs that regulate gene expression by inhibiting translation of protein encoding transcripts through targeting of a microRNA-protein complex by base-pairing of the microRNA sequence to cognate recognition sequences in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the mRNA. Target identification for a given microRNA sequence is generally accomplished by informatics...

Chronic low-level inflammation during the aging process is a key risk factor for activation of resident cells brain innate immune system (microglia and astrocytes). Such leads to development neuroinflammation cognitive impairment which are typical neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers disease, vascular dementia, Parkinson disease etc. Currently, there lack minimally invasive, affordable...

Background: MicroRNA-99a has been believed to play a critical role in progression in various cancers; however, the prognostic and clinicopathological value of microRNA-99a in cancers remains unclarified. Methods and Results: We first evaluated the prognostic significance of microRNA-99a expression in 21 human cancer types in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Patients with lower microRNA-99a level...