microRNAs （miRNAs） are an abundant class of-22 nucleotide （nt） regulatory RNAs that are pervasive in higher eukaryotic genomes. In order to fully understand their prominence in genomes, it is necessary to elucidat...microRNAs （miRNAs） are an abundant class of-22 nucleotide （nt） regulatory RNAs that are pervasive in higher eukaryotic genomes. In order to fully understand their prominence in genomes, it is necessary to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that can diversify miRNA activities. In this review, we describe some of the many strategies that allow novel miRNA functions to emerge, with particular emphasis on how miRNA genes evolve in animals. These mechanisms include changes in their sequence, processing, or expression pattern; acquisition of miRNA^＊ functionality or antisense processing; and de novo gene birth. The facility and versatility of miRNAs to evolve and change likely underlies how they have become dominant constituents of higher genomes.展开更多
MicroRNAs(miRNAs),which contains approximately 22 nt,belong to a small endogenous,non-coding regulatory single-stranded RNA molecules.They are posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression and highly conserved in ...MicroRNAs(miRNAs),which contains approximately 22 nt,belong to a small endogenous,non-coding regulatory single-stranded RNA molecules.They are posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression and highly conserved in evolution.Many researches show that miRNAs involved in many processes,including tumor formation,cell proliferation and apoptosis and proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells.Among that,the relationship between miRNAs and lung cancer is one of the most focal areas for the researchers,because the abnormal expressions of miRNAs were significantly associated with the occurrence and development of lung cancer.The expression level of different miRNAs in lung cancer cells exist differences,compared with normal lung tissue cells,there are two classes of expression:over-expression level and low expression level.In this review,we focused on studying the mechanism of overexpression miRNAs in lung cancer.展开更多
基金The NSFC-Yunnan province joint foundation (U1136603)the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-YW-N-067)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30990244)Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry and the Young Academic and Technical Leader Raising Foundation of Yunnan Province(2008PY065)the Western Light Talent Culture Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2010312D11035)the Yunnan Provincial Government through an innovation team programme
文摘microRNAs （miRNAs） are an abundant class of-22 nucleotide （nt） regulatory RNAs that are pervasive in higher eukaryotic genomes. In order to fully understand their prominence in genomes, it is necessary to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that can diversify miRNA activities. In this review, we describe some of the many strategies that allow novel miRNA functions to emerge, with particular emphasis on how miRNA genes evolve in animals. These mechanisms include changes in their sequence, processing, or expression pattern; acquisition of miRNA^＊ functionality or antisense processing; and de novo gene birth. The facility and versatility of miRNAs to evolve and change likely underlies how they have become dominant constituents of higher genomes.
文摘MicroRNAs(miRNAs),which contains approximately 22 nt,belong to a small endogenous,non-coding regulatory single-stranded RNA molecules.They are posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression and highly conserved in evolution.Many researches show that miRNAs involved in many processes,including tumor formation,cell proliferation and apoptosis and proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells.Among that,the relationship between miRNAs and lung cancer is one of the most focal areas for the researchers,because the abnormal expressions of miRNAs were significantly associated with the occurrence and development of lung cancer.The expression level of different miRNAs in lung cancer cells exist differences,compared with normal lung tissue cells,there are two classes of expression:over-expression level and low expression level.In this review,we focused on studying the mechanism of overexpression miRNAs in lung cancer.
