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- Title
Deciphering the Role of MicroRNAs in Neuroblastoma.
- Authors
Veeraraghavan, Vishnu Priya; Jayaraman, Selvaraj; Rengasamy, Gayathri; Mony, Ullas; Ganapathy, Dhanraj M; Geetha, Royapuram Veeraragavan; Sekar, Durairaj
- Abstract
Neuroblastoma (NB) is a type of peripheral sympathetic nervous system cancer that most commonly affects children. It is caused by the improper differentiation of primitive neural crest cells during embryonic development. Although NB occurs for 8% of paediatric cancers, it accounts for 15% of cancer-related deaths. Despite a considerable increase in cytotoxic chemo- and radiotherapy, patients in advanced stages remain virtually incurable. Therefore, there is a desperate necessity for new treatment strategies to be investigated. Accumulating evidence suggested that microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs with 19–25 nucleotides lengths and play a central role in the development of NB carcinogenesis. Fascinatingly, miRNA inhibitors have an antisense property that can inhibit miRNA function and suppress the activity of mature miRNA. However, many studies have addressed miRNA inhibition in the treatment of NB, but their molecular mechanisms and signalling pathways are yet to be analysed. In this study, we impart the current state of knowledge about the role of miRNA inhibition in the aetiology of NB.
- Subjects
NON-coding RNA; MICRORNA; PERIPHERAL nervous system; SYMPATHETIC nervous system; NEUROBLASTOMA
- Publication
Molecules, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules27010099