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Article: MicroRNAs and Chinese Medicinal Herbs: New Possibilities in Cancer Therapy

TitleMicroRNAs and Chinese Medicinal Herbs: New Possibilities in Cancer Therapy
Authors
KeywordsCancer therapy
Chinese medicinal herbs
Exogenous microRNAs
MicroRNAs
Issue Date2015
PublisherMDPI AG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/
Citation
Cancers, 2015, v. 7 n. 3, p. 1643-1657 How to Cite?
AbstractIn recent decades Chinese medicine has been used worldwide as a complementary and alternative medicine to treat cancer. Plenty of studies have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) play fundamental roles in many pathological processes, including cancer, while the anti-cancer mechanisms of Chinese medicinal herbs targeting miRNAs also have been extensively explored. Our previous studies and those of others on Chinese medicinal herbs and miRNAs in various cancer models have provided a possibility of new cancer therapies, for example, up-regulating the expression of miR-23a may activate the positive regulatory network of p53 and miR-23a involved in the mechanism underlying the anti-tumor effect of berberine in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this review, we survey the role of Chinese medicinal herbal products in regulating miRNAs in cancer and the use of mediating miRNAs for cancer treatment. In addition, the controversial roles of herb-derived exogenous miRNAs in cancer treatment are also discussed. It is expected that targeting miRNAs would provide a novel therapeutic approach in cancer therapy by improving overall response and survival outcomes in cancer treatment, especially when combined with conventional therapeutics and Chinese medicinal herbal products. © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/216732
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.391
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dc.contributor.authorHONG, M-
dc.contributor.authorWang, N-
dc.contributor.authorTAN, HY-
dc.contributor.authorTsao, GSW-
dc.contributor.authorFeng, Y-
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-18T05:37:00Z-
dc.date.available2015-09-18T05:37:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationCancers, 2015, v. 7 n. 3, p. 1643-1657-
dc.identifier.issn2072-6694-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/216732-
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades Chinese medicine has been used worldwide as a complementary and alternative medicine to treat cancer. Plenty of studies have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) play fundamental roles in many pathological processes, including cancer, while the anti-cancer mechanisms of Chinese medicinal herbs targeting miRNAs also have been extensively explored. Our previous studies and those of others on Chinese medicinal herbs and miRNAs in various cancer models have provided a possibility of new cancer therapies, for example, up-regulating the expression of miR-23a may activate the positive regulatory network of p53 and miR-23a involved in the mechanism underlying the anti-tumor effect of berberine in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this review, we survey the role of Chinese medicinal herbal products in regulating miRNAs in cancer and the use of mediating miRNAs for cancer treatment. In addition, the controversial roles of herb-derived exogenous miRNAs in cancer treatment are also discussed. It is expected that targeting miRNAs would provide a novel therapeutic approach in cancer therapy by improving overall response and survival outcomes in cancer treatment, especially when combined with conventional therapeutics and Chinese medicinal herbal products. © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherMDPI AG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/-
dc.relation.ispartofCancers-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCancer therapy-
dc.subjectChinese medicinal herbs-
dc.subjectExogenous microRNAs-
dc.subjectMicroRNAs-
dc.titleMicroRNAs and Chinese Medicinal Herbs: New Possibilities in Cancer Therapy-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWang, N: ckwang@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailTsao, GSW: gswtsao@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailFeng, Y: yfeng@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.authorityFeng, Y=rp00466-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/cancers7030855-
dc.identifier.pmid26305257-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC4586788-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84940975280-
dc.identifier.hkuros254681-
dc.identifier.volume7-
dc.identifier.issue3-
dc.identifier.spage1643-
dc.identifier.epage1657-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000209951200029-
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland-
dc.identifier.issnl2072-6694-

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