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miRNAs: micro-managers of anticancer combination therapies

Published inAngiogenesis, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 269-285
Publication date2017
Abstract

Angiogenesis is one of the hallmarks of cancer progression and as such has been considered a target of therapeutic interest. However, single targeted agents have not fully lived up to the initial promise of anti-angiogenic therapy. Therefore, it has been suggested that combining therapies and agents will be the way forward in the oncology field. In recent years, microRNAs (miRNAs) have received considerable attention as drivers of tumor development and progression, either acting as tumor suppressors or as oncogenes (so-called oncomiRs), as well as in the process of tumor angiogenesis (angiomiRs). Not only from a functional, but also from a therapeutic view, miRNAs are attractive tools. Thus far, several mimics and antagonists of miRNAs have entered clinical development. Here, we review the provenance and promise of miRNAs as targets as well as therapeutics to contribute to anti-angiogenesis-based (combination) treatment of cancer.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs/metabolism
  • Neoplasms/blood supply/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology
  • RNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
Citation (ISO format)
VAN BEIJNUM, Judy R et al. miRNAs: micro-managers of anticancer combination therapies. In: Angiogenesis, 2017, vol. 20, n° 2, p. 269–285. doi: 10.1007/s10456-017-9545-x
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