Main description:

miRNA and Cancer, Volume 135, the latest volume in the Advances in Cancer Research series, provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This volume presents original reviews on research bridging oncology and gene expression, and includes specific chapters on Non-coding RNAs as Biomarkers of Cancer, The Enigma of microRNA Regulation in Cancer, Animal Models to Study microRNA functions, Non-coding RNAs and Cancer, microRNAs in Cancer Susceptibility, ts-RNAs versus microRNAs, microRNAs and AML, and microRNAs and Epigenetics.

Contents:

1. MicroRNAs and Cancer: A Long Story for Short RNAs Alessandra Drusco and Carlo M. Croce 2. The Enigma of miRNA Regulation in Cancer Anjan K. Pradhan, Luni Emdad, Swadesh K. Das, Devanand Sarkar and Paul B. Fisher 3. Animal Models to Study microRNA Functions Arpita S. Pal and Andrea L. Kasinski 4. Cancer Hallmarks and MicroRNAs: The Therapeutic Connection Katrien Van Roosbroeck and George A. Calin 5. microRNAs in Cancer Susceptibility Brid M. Ryan 6. Role of the tRNA-Derived Small RNAs in Cancer: New Potential Biomarkers and Target for Therapy Veronica Balatti, Yuri Pekarsky and Carlo M. Croce 7. MicroRNAs and Epigenetics Catia Moutinho and Manel Esteller