WORLD OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY: Pituitary MicroRNAs Promote Ovulation

Cranes of the World: 5. Comparative Reproductive Biology

MicroRNAs in Human Pituitary Adenomas

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of recently identified noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression at posttranscriptional level. Due to the large number of genes regulated by miRNAs, miRNAs play important roles in many cellular processes. Emerging evidence indicates that miRNAs are dysregulated in pituitary adenomas, a class of intracranial neoplasms which account for 10-15% of diagnosed brain ...

MicroRNAs in Vascular Biology

Vascular inflammation is an important component of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, and aneurysms. All vascular cells, including endothelial cells (ECs) and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and infiltrating cells, such as macrophages, orchestrate a series of pathological events. Despite dramatic improvements in the treatment of atherosc...

The emerging world of microRNAs.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a family of naturally occurring, evolutionary conserved, small (approximately 19-23 nucleotides), non-protein-coding RNA molecules that generally negatively regulate post-transcriptional gene expression. miRNAs are estimated to account for >3% of all human genes and to control expression of thousands of target mRNAs, with multiple miRNAs targeting each mRNA. A role for mi...

Reproductive Biology of Pigs