Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker

Late diagnosis has a key role in therapeutic failure and tumor relapse. Therefore, assessment of the molecular tumor biology can help to introduce novel early diagnostic markers. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have important roles in regulation of tumor cell proliferation, invasion, drug resistance, and angioge...

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Main Authors: Iman Akhlaghipour, Negin Taghehchian, Meysam Moghbeli
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-12-01
Series:Advances in Cancer Biology - Metastasis
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description Late diagnosis has a key role in therapeutic failure and tumor relapse. Therefore, assessment of the molecular tumor biology can help to introduce novel early diagnostic markers. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have important roles in regulation of tumor cell proliferation, invasion, drug resistance, and angiogenesis. Due to the high stability of miRNAs in paraffin-embedded tissues and body fluids, they can be also used as the non-invasive markers for cancer screening and early diagnosis. According to numerous reports about the role of miR-103a in various cancers, in the present review we investigated the molecular biology of miR-103a during tumor progression. It has been reported that miR-103a has a dual function as an oncogene and tumor suppressor in various cancers. MiR-103a exerts its role in tumor progression by regulation of signaling pathways, apoptosis, cell cycle, cell metabolism, and transcription factors. This review paves the way in introducing miR-103a as a diagnostic and therapeutic marker among cancer patients following the animal studies and clinical trials.
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spelling doaj-art-b0d44f7b4ccf44cb8a0e46b3c76ea1342025-08-22T04:58:40ZengElsevierAdvances in Cancer Biology - Metastasis2667-39402025-12-011510015010.1016/j.adcanc.2025.100150Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor markerIman Akhlaghipour0Negin Taghehchian1Meysam Moghbeli2Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranMedical Genetics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranMedical Genetics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Corresponding author.Late diagnosis has a key role in therapeutic failure and tumor relapse. Therefore, assessment of the molecular tumor biology can help to introduce novel early diagnostic markers. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have important roles in regulation of tumor cell proliferation, invasion, drug resistance, and angiogenesis. Due to the high stability of miRNAs in paraffin-embedded tissues and body fluids, they can be also used as the non-invasive markers for cancer screening and early diagnosis. According to numerous reports about the role of miR-103a in various cancers, in the present review we investigated the molecular biology of miR-103a during tumor progression. It has been reported that miR-103a has a dual function as an oncogene and tumor suppressor in various cancers. MiR-103a exerts its role in tumor progression by regulation of signaling pathways, apoptosis, cell cycle, cell metabolism, and transcription factors. This review paves the way in introducing miR-103a as a diagnostic and therapeutic marker among cancer patients following the animal studies and clinical trials.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266739402500019XmicroRNA-103aDiagnosisPrognosiscancerMarker
spellingShingle Iman Akhlaghipour
Negin Taghehchian
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Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
Advances in Cancer Biology - Metastasis
microRNA-103a
Diagnosis
Prognosis
cancer
Marker
title Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
title_full Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
title_fullStr Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
title_full_unstemmed Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
title_short Molecular pathology of microRNA-103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
title_sort molecular pathology of microrna 103a as a probable diagnostic and therapeutic tumor marker
topic microRNA-103a
Diagnosis
Prognosis
cancer
Marker
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266739402500019X
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