The network of non-coding RNAs and their molecular targets in breast cancer
Open Access
- 18 March 2020
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Molecular Cancer
- Vol. 19 (1), 1-18
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-020-01181-x
Abstract
Non-coding RNAs are now recognized as fundamental components of the cellular processes. Non-coding RNAs are composed of different classes, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Their detailed roles in breast cancer are still under scrutiny. We systematically reviewed from recent literature the many functional and physical interactions of non-coding RNAs in breast cancer. We used a data driven approach to establish the network of direct, and indirect, interactions. Human curation was essential to de-convolute and critically assess the experimental approaches in the reviewed articles. To enrol the scientific papers in our article cohort, due to the short time span (shorter than 5 years) we considered the journal impact factor rather than the citation number. The outcome of our work is the formal establishment of different sub-networks composed by non-coding RNAs and coding genes with validated relations in human breast cancer. This review describes in a concise and unbiased fashion the core of our current knowledge on the role of lncRNAs, miRNAs and other non-coding RNAs in breast cancer. A number of coding/non-coding gene interactions have been investigated in breast cancer during recent years and their full extent is still being established. Here, we have unveiled some of the most important networks embracing those interactions, and described their involvement in cancer development and in its malignant progression.Keywords
Funding Information
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IG 17063)
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