Post-transcriptional Regulation of Cancer-Related Processes

A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Tumor Microenvironment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2025 | Viewed by 2017

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Interests: cancer; microRNAs; chronic liver diseases; RNA-binding proteins

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Dear Colleagues,

Non-coding RNAs, (e.g., microRNAs, long-non-coding RNAs) and RNA-Binding Proteins (RBPs) play a central role in the development of many cancers, as well as in chronic inflammatory/metabolic diseases fostering carcinogenesis. Deciphering the role of these post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression is therefore of major interest to characterize cancers and develop new and efficient therapeutic options. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent advances regarding the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in cancer-related processes, with an emphasis for the following topics:

  1. MicroRNAs, circulating miRNAs, long-non-coding RNA: functions/regulation (e.g., editing).
  2. RNA-Binding Proteins’ functions in cancers.
  3. Novel therapeutic approaches to target non-coding RNA and RBPs.

Dr. Cyril Sobolewski
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Keywords

  • microRNAs
  • long-non-coding RNA
  • RNA-binding proteins
  • stress granules
  • P-bodies

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MiRNAs in Alcohol-Related Liver Diseases and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Step toward New Therapeutic Approaches?
by Mickaël Jouve, Rodolphe Carpentier, Sarra Kraiem, Noémie Legrand and Cyril Sobolewski
Cancers 2023, 15(23), 5557; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15235557 - 23 Nov 2023
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Alcohol-related Liver Disease (ALD) is the primary cause of chronic liver disorders and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in developed countries and thus represents a major public health concern. Unfortunately, few therapeutic options are available for ALD and HCC, except liver transplantation or tumor [...] Read more.
Alcohol-related Liver Disease (ALD) is the primary cause of chronic liver disorders and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in developed countries and thus represents a major public health concern. Unfortunately, few therapeutic options are available for ALD and HCC, except liver transplantation or tumor resection for HCC. Deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of these diseases is therefore of major importance to identify early biomarkers and to design efficient therapeutic options. Increasing evidence indicate that epigenetic alterations play a central role in the development of ALD and HCC. Among them, microRNA importantly contribute to the development of this disease by controlling the expression of several genes involved in hepatic metabolism, inflammation, fibrosis, and carcinogenesis at the post-transcriptional level. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge about miRNAs’ functions in the different stages of ALD and their role in the progression toward carcinogenesis. We highlight that each stage of ALD is associated with deregulated miRNAs involved in hepatic carcinogenesis, and thus represent HCC-priming miRNAs. By using in silico approaches, we have uncovered new miRNAs potentially involved in HCC. Finally, we discuss the therapeutic potential of targeting miRNAs for the treatment of these diseases. Full article
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