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ReviewMolecular cancer2024

tRNA-derived small RNAs in human cancers: roles, mechanisms, and clinical application.

Manli Zhou, Xiaoyun He, Jing Zhang, Cheng Mei, Baiyun Zhong, Chunlin Ou

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07265271 (Project for Multi-Omics-Based Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07265271 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Project for Multi-Omics-Based Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (PROMETHEA Study)

TypeobservationalSponsorCity of Hope Medical CenterRan2025 to 2028Enrolled600ConditionsHepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)ArmsSmall RNA sequence, Rt-qPCR
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Transfer RNA Fragments in Diseases of Sensory Organs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  18. Synthetic short RNA in cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Manli Zhou *Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Xiaoyun He *Departments of Ultrasound Imaging, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Cheng MeiDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Xiangya Hospital, Clinical Transfusion Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China. meicheng@csu.edu.cn.
Baiyun ZhongDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China. xycsuhn@163.com.
Chunlin OuDepartment of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China. ouchunlin@csu.edu.cn.

Funding

Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation kq2202374Hunan Innovative Province Construction Science Popularization Project 2021ZK4221National Natural Science Foundation of China 82373062Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2022JJ30987Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2022JJ40784Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2023JJ40975Outstanding Youth Foundation of Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2022JJ20098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transfer RNA (tRNA)-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) are a new type of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) produced by the specific cleavage of precursor or mature tRNAs. tsRNAs are involved in various basic biological processes such as epigenetic, transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translation regulation, thereby affecting the occurrence and development of various human diseases, including cancers. Recent studies have shown that tsRNAs play an important role in tumorigenesis by regulating biological behaviors such as malignant proliferation, invasion and metastasis, angiogenesis, immune response, tumor resistance, and tumor metabolism reprogramming. These may be new potential targets for tumor treatment. Furthermore, tsRNAs can exist abundantly and stably in various bodily fluids (e.g., blood, serum, and urine) in the form of free or encapsulated extracellular vesicles, thereby affecting intercellular communication in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Meanwhile, their abnormal expression is closely related to the clinicopathological features of tumor patients, such as tumor staging, lymph node metastasis, and poor prognosis of tumor patients; thus, tsRNAs can be served as a novel type of liquid biopsy biomarker. This review summarizes the discovery, production, and expression of tsRNAs and analyzes their molecular mechanisms in tumor development and potential applications in tumor therapy, which may provide new strategies for early diagnosis and targeted therapy of tumors.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsRNA, TransferCarcinogenesisHumansLiquid BiopsyTumor MicroenvironmentRNA, TransferExtracellular vesiclesLiquid biopsyMetabolic reprogrammingTherapeutic targettRNA-derived small RNAsTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID38622694
PMCPMC11020452

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