Circulating micro-RNAs as potential blood-based markers for early stage breast cancer detection.

<h4>Introduction</h4>MicroRNAs (miRNAs, miRs) are a class of small, non-coding RNA molecules with relevance as regulators of gene expression thereby affecting crucial processes in cancer development. MiRNAs offer great potential as biomarkers for cancer detection due to their remarkable...

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Main Authors: Michael G Schrauder, Reiner Strick, Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Pamela L Strissel, Laura Kahmann, Christian R Loehberg, Michael P Lux, Sebastian M Jud, Arndt Hartmann, Alexander Hein, Christian M Bayer, Mayada R Bani, Swetlana Richter, Boris R Adamietz, Evelyn Wenkel, Claudia Rauh, Matthias W Beckmann, Peter A Fasching
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22242178/pdf/?tool=EBI