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The Role of MicroRNAs in Liver Functioning: from Biogenesis to Therapeutic Approaches (Review)

The Role of MicroRNAs in Liver Functioning: from Biogenesis to Therapeutic Approaches (Review)

Kozlov D.S., Rodimova S.A., Kuznetsova D.S.
Key words: microRNAs; liver homeostasis; microRNAs biogenesis; non-canonical microRNAs; microRNA-based therapy; microRNA-based diagnostics; microRNA delivery systems.
2023, volume 15, issue 5, page 54.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17691/stm2023.15.5.06

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Molecular diagnostics based on small non-coding RNA molecules (in particular microRNA) is a new direction in modern biomedicine and is considered a promising method for identification of a wide range of pathologies at an early stage, clinical phenotype assessment, as well as monitoring the course of the disease, evaluation of therapy efficacy and the risk of the disease recurrence. Currently, the role of microRNAs as the most important epigenetic regulator in cancer development has been proven within the studies of normal and pathogenic processes. However, currently, there are insignificant studies devoted to studying the role of microRNAs in functioning of other organs and tissues, as well as to development of possible therapeutic approaches based on microRNAs. A huge number of metabolic processes in the liver are controlled by microRNAs, which creates enormous potential for the use of microRNAs as a diagnostic marker and makes it a target for therapeutic intervention in metabolic, oncological, and even viral diseases of this organ.

This review examines various aspects of biological functions of microRNAs in different types of liver cells. Both canonical and non-canonical pathways of biogenesis, epigenetic regulation mediated by microRNAs, as well as the microRNAs role in intercellular communication and the course of viral diseases are shown. The potential of microRNAs as a diagnostic marker for various liver pathologies is described, as well as therapeutic approaches and medicines based on microRNAs, which are approved for clinical use and currently being developed.

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