microRNA biomarkers in cystic diseases
- Authors
- Woo, Yu Mi; Park, Jong Hoon
- Issue Date
- Jul-2013
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOCIETY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
- Keywords
- Biomarker; Cyst formation; Cystic disease; microRNA
- Citation
- BMB REPORTS, v.46, no.7, pp 338 - 345
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- BMB REPORTS
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 338
- End Page
- 345
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/11248
- DOI
- 10.5483/BMBRep.2013.46.7.151
- ISSN
- 1976-6696
1976-670X
- Abstract
- microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression by targeting the 3'-untranslated region of multiple target genes. Pathogenesis results from defects in several gene sets; therefore, disease progression could be prevented using miRNAs targeting multiple genes. Moreover, recent studies suggest that miRNAs reflect the stage of the specific disease, such as carcinogenesis. Cystic diseases, including polycystic kidney disease, polycystic liver disease, pancreatic cystic disease, and ovarian cystic disease, have common processes of cyst formation in the specific organ. Specifically, epithelial cells initiate abnormal cell proliferation and apoptosis as a result of alterations to key genes. Cysts are caused by fluid accumulation in the lumen. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying cyst formation and progression remain unclear. This review aims to introduce the key miRNAs related to cyst formation, and we suggest that miRNAs could be useful biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in several cystic diseases.
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