Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Axon GenePix 4000B scanner
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
DISEASE(S): normal
SUBMITTER: Manuela Ferracin
PROVIDER: E-TABM-184 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer cell 20070901 3
Noncoding RNA (ncRNA) transcripts are thought to be involved in human tumorigenesis. We report that a large fraction of genomic ultraconserved regions (UCRs) encode a particular set of ncRNAs whose expression is altered in human cancers. Genome-wide profiling revealed that UCRs have distinct signatures in human leukemias and carcinomas. UCRs are frequently located at fragile sites and genomic regions involved in cancers. We identified certain UCRs whose expression may be regulated by microRNAs a ...[more]