Chromosomal rearrangements and microRNAs: a new cancer link with clinical implications.

Calin, George A; Croce, Carlo M · J Clin Invest · 2007

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Abstract

There is widespread aberrant expression of mature and/or precursor microRNAs in cancer cells, as microRNAs are deregulated consequent to chromosomal alterations and other genomic abnormalities. The identification of such abnormalities has a clear diagnostic and prognostic significance, and there are ever increasing examples of links between certain human cancers and modifications at microRNA loci.

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