Go to JCI Insight
  • About
  • Editors
  • Consulting Editors
  • For authors
  • Publication ethics
  • Publication alerts by email
  • Advertising
  • Job board
  • Contact
  • Clinical Research and Public Health
  • Current issue
  • Past issues
  • By specialty
    • COVID-19
    • Cardiology
    • Gastroenterology
    • Immunology
    • Metabolism
    • Nephrology
    • Neuroscience
    • Oncology
    • Pulmonology
    • Vascular biology
    • All ...
  • Videos
    • Conversations with Giants in Medicine
    • Video Abstracts
  • Reviews
    • View all reviews ...
    • Complement Biology and Therapeutics (May 2025)
    • Evolving insights into MASLD and MASH pathogenesis and treatment (Apr 2025)
    • Microbiome in Health and Disease (Feb 2025)
    • Substance Use Disorders (Oct 2024)
    • Clonal Hematopoiesis (Oct 2024)
    • Sex Differences in Medicine (Sep 2024)
    • Vascular Malformations (Apr 2024)
    • View all review series ...
  • Viewpoint
  • Collections
    • In-Press Preview
    • Clinical Research and Public Health
    • Research Letters
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Editorials
    • Commentaries
    • Editor's notes
    • Reviews
    • Viewpoints
    • 100th anniversary
    • Top read articles

  • Current issue
  • Past issues
  • Specialties
  • Reviews
  • Review series
  • Conversations with Giants in Medicine
  • Video Abstracts
  • In-Press Preview
  • Clinical Research and Public Health
  • Research Letters
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Editorials
  • Commentaries
  • Editor's notes
  • Reviews
  • Viewpoints
  • 100th anniversary
  • Top read articles
  • About
  • Editors
  • Consulting Editors
  • For authors
  • Publication ethics
  • Publication alerts by email
  • Advertising
  • Job board
  • Contact
MicroRNAs: where brilliance, perseverance, and ambition converged
Rares Drula, George A. Calin
Rares Drula, George A. Calin
Published December 10, 2024
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2025;135(2):e189625. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI189625.
View: Text | PDF
Viewpoint Article has an altmetric score of 10

MicroRNAs: where brilliance, perseverance, and ambition converged

  • Text
  • PDF
Abstract

Authors

Rares Drula, George A. Calin

×

Figure 1

microRNA research: from sequences to hallmarks.

Options: View larger image (or click on image) Download as PowerPoint
microRNA research: from sequences to hallmarks.
(A) The regulatory relat...
(A) The regulatory relationship between lin-4 and lin-14, as defined by the discoveries of Ambros and Ruvkun, highlighting the seven complementary binding sites of lin-4 on the 3′ UTR of lin-14. (B) The evolutionary conservation of let-7 sequences is displayed across key model organisms, including Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, mice (Mus musculus), and humans (Homo sapiens). (C) MicroRNAs at the intersection of cancer hallmarks, highlighting their involvement in processes such as immune evasion, angiogenesis, metastasis, and cellular proliferation. While significant progress has been made in understanding their roles, many aspects remain undefined, emphasizing the need for further research into their complex contributions to tumor biology and cancer progression.

Copyright © 2025 American Society for Clinical Investigation
ISSN: 0021-9738 (print), 1558-8238 (online)

Sign up for email alerts

Posted by 8 X users
Referenced by 10 Bluesky users
1 readers on Mendeley
See more details