Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Pan-cancer analysis reveals cooperativity of both strands of microRNA that regulate tumorigenesis and patient survival

  • Ramkrishna Mitra,
  • Clare M. Adams,
  • Wei Jiang,
  • Evan Greenawalt,
  • Christine M. Eischen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14713-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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5p and 3p miRNA strands have different mRNA-targeting sequences and may both functionally impact gene expression in cancer. Here, the authors undertake a pan-cancer analysis that indicates 5p/3p miRNA strands function together to regulate tumorigenic processes.