Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18836476›Full record

ReviewOncogene2008

MicroRNAs: key players in the immune system, differentiation, tumorigenesis and cell death.

R Schickel, B Boyerinas, S-M Park, M E Peter

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Review in Oncogene, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 366 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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366citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

366 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Circulating MicroRNAs as diagnostic indicators in tuberculous Meningitis-A case -control study in North Indian population.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  11. Exosomes and microRNAs as mediators of the exercise.European journal of medical research · 2025
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306 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

R SchickelThe Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
B Boyerinas
S-M Park
M E Peter

Funding

Molecular And Cellular Biology Training ProgramT32GM007183 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S, RICE, PHOEBE A · 1985 to 2021
$23.9M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micro (mi)RNAs are small, highly conserved noncoding RNAs that control gene expression post-transcriptionally either via the degradation of target mRNAs or the inhibition of protein translation. Each miRNA is believed to regulate the expression of multiple mRNA targets, and many miRNAs have been linked to the initiation and progression of human cancer. miRNAs control various activities of the immune system and different stages of hematopoietic development, and their misexpression is the cause of various blood malignancies. Certain miRNAs have oncogenic activities, whereas others have the potential to act as tumor suppressors. Because they control fundamental processes such as differentiation, cell growth and cell death, the study of the role of miRNAs in human neoplasms holds great promise for novel forms of therapy. Here, we summarize the role of miRNAs and their targets in contributing to human cancers and their function as regulators of apoptotic pathways and the immune system.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell DeathCell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, Tumor SuppressorHematopoiesisHumansImmune SystemMicroRNAsNeoplasmsOncogenesRNA, NeoplasmMicroRNAsmirnlet7 microRNA, humanRNA, Neoplasm

Identifiers

PMID18836476

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