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ReviewCancers2025

Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer: Structure, Function, and Clinical Application.

Éva Márton, Alexandra Varga, Dóra Domoszlai, Gergely Buglyó, Anita Balázs, András Penyige, István Balogh, Bálint Nagy, Melinda Szilágyi

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Éva MártonDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-2733-8899
Alexandra VargaDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Dóra DomoszlaiDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Gergely BuglyóDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-5994-2658
Anita BalázsDepartment of Integrative Health Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
András PenyigeDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-1993-2014
István BaloghDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-3397-2829
Bálint NagyDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-0295-185X
Melinda SzilágyiDepartment of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-0316-2553

Funding

National Research, Development and Innovation Office-NKFIH FK138021University Research Scholarship Program of The Ministry For Culture and Innovation From The Source of The National Research, Development And Innovation Fund EKÖP-24-4-I-DE-257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We are on the brink of a paradigm shift in both theoretical and clinical oncology. Genomic and transcriptomic profiling, alongside personalized approaches that account for individual patient variability, are increasingly shaping discourse. Discussions on the future of personalized cancer medicine are mainly dominated by the potential of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which play a prominent role in cancer progression and metastasis formation by regulating the expression of oncogenic or tumor suppressor proteins at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels; furthermore, their cell-free counterparts might be involved in intercellular communication. Non-coding RNAs are considered to be promising biomarker candidates for early diagnosis of cancer as well as potential therapeutic agents. This review aims to provide clarity amidst the vast body of literature by focusing on diverse species of ncRNAs, exploring the structure, origin, function, and potential clinical applications of miRNAs, siRNAs, lncRNAs, circRNAs, snRNAs, snoRNAs, eRNAs, paRNAs, YRNAs, vtRNAs, and piRNAs. We discuss molecular methods used for their detection or functional studies both in vitro and in vivo. We also address the challenges that must be overcome to enter a new era of cancer diagnosis and therapy that will reshape the future of oncology.

Indexed as

cancercancer diagnosticscancer therapycircRNAlncRNAmiRNARNARNA detectionsnoRNAsnRNA

Identifiers

PMID40002172
PMCPMC11853212

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