Non-coding RNAs regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition: Research progress in liver disease - 27/05/22
, Zhitao Jiang a, Yang Li b, Yingchun Zhang a, Yi Han a, Liyuan Gao a, ⁎ 
Abstract |
Chronic liver injury could gradually progress to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and even hepatic carcinoma without effective treatment. The massive production and activation of abnormal cell differentiation is vital to the procession of liver diseases. Epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) is a biological process in which differentiated epithelial cells lose their epithelial characteristics and acquire mesenchymal cell migration capacity. Emerging evidence suggests that EMT not only occurs in the process of hepatocellular carcinogenesis, but also appears in liver cells transforming to myofibroblasts, a core event of liver disease. Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) such as microRNA (miRNA), long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA) are important regulatory factors in EMT, which can regulate target gene expression by binding with RNA single-stranded. Various studies had shown that ncRNA regulation of EMT plays a key role in liver disease development, and many effective ncRNAs have been identified as promising biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. In this review, we focus on the relationship between the different ncRNAs and EMT as well as the specific molecular mechanism in the liver diseases to enrich the pathological progress of liver diseases and provide reference for the treatment of liver diseases.
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Highlights |
• | EMT as a transformation process of cells not only occurs in the process of hepatocellular carcinogenesis, but also appears in liver cells. |
• | Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) containing miRNA, lncRNA and circRNA could regulate target genes expression to effect EMT of different cells. |
• | We illustrated the molecular mechanism between ncRNAs and EMT in HCC and liver fibrosis and provide reference for the treatment of liver diseases. |
Keywords : EMT, Non-coding RNA, Liver diseases, Molecular mechanism
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Vol 150
Article 112972- juin 2022 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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