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SUBMITTER: Wu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7460584 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Xingwang X Li Wanran W Zheng Yun Y
International journal of molecular sciences 20200817 16
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder whose pathogenesis is unclear and is affected by both genetic and environmental factors. The microRNAs (miRNAs) are a kind of single-stranded non-coding RNA with 20-22 nucleotides, which normally inhibit their target mRNAs at a post-transcriptional level. miRNAs are involved in almost all biological processes and are closely related to ASD and many other diseases. In this review, we summarize relevant miRNAs in ASD, and analyze dysr ...[more]