AngiomiRs: MicroRNAs driving angiogenesis in cancer (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Yarely M. Salinas‑Vera
    • Laurence A. Marchat
    • Dolores Gallardo‑Rincón
    • Erika Ruiz‑García
    • Horacio Astudillo-De La Vega
    • Raquel Echavarría‑Zepeda
    • César López‑Camarillo
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  • Published online on: November 27, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.4003
  • Pages: 657-670
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Abstract

Angiogenesis is an important hallmark of cancer serving a key role in tumor growth and metastasis. Therefore, tumor angiogenesis has become an attractive target for development of novel drug therapies. An increased amount of anti‑angiogenic compounds is currently in preclinical and clinical development for personalized therapies. However, resistance to current angiogenesis inhibitors is emerging, indicating that there is a need to identify novel anti‑angiogenic agents. In the last decade, the field of microRNA biology has exploded revealing unsuspected functions in tumor angiogenesis. These small non‑coding RNAs, which have been dubbed as angiomiRs, may target regulatory molecules driving angiogenesis, such as cytokines, metalloproteinases and growth factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet‑derived growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, hypoxia inducible factor‑1, as well as mitogen‑activated protein kinase, phosphoinositide 3‑kinase and transforming growth factor signaling pathways. The present review discusses the current progress towards understanding the functions of miRNAs in tumor angiogenesis regulation in diverse types of human cancer. Furthermore, the potential clinical application of angiomiRs towards anti‑angiogenic tumor therapy was explored.
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February-2019
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Salinas‑Vera YM, Marchat LA, Gallardo‑Rincón D, Ruiz‑García E, Astudillo-De La Vega H, Echavarría‑Zepeda R and López‑Camarillo C: AngiomiRs: MicroRNAs driving angiogenesis in cancer (Review). Int J Mol Med 43: 657-670, 2019
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Salinas‑Vera, Y.M., Marchat, L.A., Gallardo‑Rincón, D., Ruiz‑García, E., Astudillo-De La Vega, H., Echavarría‑Zepeda, R., & López‑Camarillo, C. (2019). AngiomiRs: MicroRNAs driving angiogenesis in cancer (Review). International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 43, 657-670. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.4003
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Salinas‑Vera, Y. M., Marchat, L. A., Gallardo‑Rincón, D., Ruiz‑García, E., Astudillo-De La Vega, H., Echavarría‑Zepeda, R., López‑Camarillo, C."AngiomiRs: MicroRNAs driving angiogenesis in cancer (Review)". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 43.2 (2019): 657-670.
Chicago
Salinas‑Vera, Y. M., Marchat, L. A., Gallardo‑Rincón, D., Ruiz‑García, E., Astudillo-De La Vega, H., Echavarría‑Zepeda, R., López‑Camarillo, C."AngiomiRs: MicroRNAs driving angiogenesis in cancer (Review)". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 43, no. 2 (2019): 657-670. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.4003