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SUBMITTER: Lin Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3023823 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Zhen Z Flemington Erik K EK
Cancer letters 20101012 2
Tumor viruses are a class of pathogens with well established roles in the development of malignant diseases. Numerous bodies of work have highlighted miRNAs (microRNAs) as critical regulators of tumor pathways and it is clear that the dysregulation of cellular miRNA expression can promote tumor formation. Tumor viruses encode their own miRNAs and/or manipulate the expression of cellular miRNAs to modulate their host cell environment, thereby facilitating their respective infection cycles. The mo ...[more]