Title:The Role, Significance, and Association of MicroRNA-10a/b in Physiology
of Cancer
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Author(s): Khaled M. Elgeshy*Abdel Hady A. Abdel Wahab
Affiliation:
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Keywords:
MicroRNAs, cancer, treatment, diagnosis, chemoresistance, EMT, metastasis.
Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate the translation of
mRNA and protein, mainly at the posttranscriptional level. Global expression profiling of miRNAs
has demonstrated a broad spectrum of aberrations that correlated with several diseases, and miRNA-
10a and miRNA-10b were the first examined miRNAs to be involved in abnormal activities upon
dysregulation, including many types of cancers and progressive diseases. It is expected that the
same miRNAs behave inconsistently within different types of cancer. This review aims to provide a
set of information about our updated understanding of miRNA-10a and miRNA-10b and their clinical
significance, molecular targets, current research gaps, and possible future applications of such
potent regulators.