MicroRNAs: New Players in Multiple Myeloma

Front Genet. 2011 May 24:2:22. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00022. eCollection 2011.

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that play critical roles in numerous cellular processes through post-transcriptional regulating functions. The aberrant role of miRNAs has been reported in a number of hematopoietic malignancies including multiple myeloma (MM). In this review we summarize the current knowledge on roles of miRNAs in the pathogenesis of MM.

Keywords: MDM2; miRNAs; microarray; multiple myeloma; p53; profiling.