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SUBMITTER: John K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3821954 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
John Keziah K Wu Jennifer J Lee Bing-Wei BW Farah Camile S CS
International journal of dentistry 20131023
microRNAs (miRs) are small noncoding single-stranded RNAs, about 19-25 nucleotides long. They have been shown to be capable of altering mRNA expression; thus some are oncogenic or tumour suppressive in nature and are regulated by cellular and epigenetic factors. The molecular pathogenic pathway of many cancers has been modified since the discovery of miRs. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the sixth most common cancer in the world, has recently been associated with infection by the ...[more]