Title
Roles of microRNAs in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism disorders and their therapeutic potential
Date Issued
01 August 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review article
Author(s)
Bravo Vázquez L.A.
Uribe S.P.
Manzanero Cárdenas L.A.
Ruíz Aguilar M.F.
Chakraborty S.
Sharma A.
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small (∼21 nucleotides), endogenous, non-coding RNA molecules implicated in the post-transcriptional gene regulation performed through target mRNA cleavage or translational inhibition. In recent years, several investigations have demonstrated that miRNAs are involved in regulating both carbohydrate and lipid homeostasis in humans and other organisms. Moreover, it has been observed that the dysregulation of these metabolism-related miRNAs leads to the development of several metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver, insulin resistance, and hyperlipidemia. Hence, in this current review, with the aim to impulse the research arena of the micro-transcriptome implications in vital metabolic pathways as well as to highlight the remarkable potential of miRNAs as therapeutic targets for metabolic disorders in humans, we provide an overview of the regulatory roles of metabolism-associated miRNAs in humans and murine models.
Start page
83
End page
93
Volume
187
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Endocrinología, Metabolismo (incluyendo diabetes, hormonas)
Genética humana
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85107317643
PubMed ID
Source
Biochimie
ISSN of the container
03009084
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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