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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cavarretta E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5110879 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BioMed research international 20161102
Coronary artery disease (CAD) and its complication remain the leading cause of mortality in industrialized countries despite great advances in terms of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small noncoding RNAs, act as posttranscriptional gene expression modulators and have been implicated as key regulators in several physiological and pathological processes linked to CAD. Circulating miRNAs have been evaluated as promising novel biomarkers of CAD, acute coronary syndr ...[more]