Functional significance of long non-coding RNAs in breast cancer

Most of the genome is transcribed to transcripts of no protein-coding potential. However, these transcripts do not represent transcriptional ‘noise’, rather they play an important role in cellular metabolism and development. Non-coding transcripts of 200 bases to 100 kb length are termed as long non...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2014-09, Vol.21 (5), p.515-521
Hauptverfasser:	Vikram, Rajeev, Ramachandran, Rahul, Abdul, Khaja Shameem Mohammed
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - genetics Breast Neoplasms - metabolism Breast Neoplasms - pathology Cancer Research Female Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Genetic transcription Genomes Genomics Humans Medicine Medicine & Public Health Oncology Review Article RNA, Long Noncoding - classification RNA, Long Noncoding - metabolism Surgery Surgical Oncology
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	Most of the genome is transcribed to transcripts of no protein-coding potential. However, these transcripts do not represent transcriptional ‘noise’, rather they play an important role in cellular metabolism and development. Non-coding transcripts of 200 bases to 100 kb length are termed as long non-coding RNAs, majority of which are yet to be characterised thoroughly. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a significant role in cellular process ranging from transcriptional to post-transcriptional regulation. In this review, we highlight the recent efforts to characterise the major functions of lncRNAs in breast cancer. lncRNA expression is altered in several cancer types. Further, the aberrant regulation of lncRNAs promotes tumour development as they are involved in several cancer-associated pathways.
ISSN:	1340-6868 1880-4233
DOI:	10.1007/s12282-014-0554-y