Cross-talk between miRNA and Notch signaling pathways in tumor development and progression.

Abstract

Notch signaling pathways are known to regulate many cellular processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, invasion, and angiogenesis, and is one of the most important signaling pathway during normal development. Recently, emerging evidences suggest that microRNAs (miRNAs) can function as key regulators of various biological and pathologic processes during tumor development and progression. Notch signaling has also been reported to be regulated through cross-talk with many pathways and factors where miRNAs appears to play a major role. This article will provide a brief overview of the published evidences for the cross-talks between Notch and miRNAs. Further, we summarize how targeting miRNAs by natural agents could become a novel and safer approach for the prevention of tumor progression and treatment.

• Authors: Zhiwei Wang, Yiwei Li, Dejuan Kong, Aamir Ahmad, Sanjeev Banerjee, Fazlul H Sarkar
• Journal: Cancer letters (Cancer Lett) Vol. 292 Issue 2 Pg. 141-8 (Jun 28 2010) ISSN: 1872-7980 [Electronic] Ireland
• PMID: 20022691 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• MicroRNAs
• Receptors, Notch

Topics

• Disease Progression
• Humans
• MicroRNAs (metabolism)
• Receptors, Notch (metabolism)
• Signal Transduction