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The Regulatory Network of MicroRNA in the Metabolism of Colorectal Cancer

Wangji Li1,2#, Yan Lu1#, Changda Ye1,2, Manzhao Ouyang1✉

1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde Foshan), Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong Province, 528300, China.
2. The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510080, China.
#These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Li W, Lu Y, Ye C, Ouyang M. The Regulatory Network of MicroRNA in the Metabolism of Colorectal Cancer. J Cancer 2021; 12(24):7454-7464. doi:10.7150/jca.61618. https://www.jcancer.org/v12p7454.htm
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignant tumor in the world. During the progression of CRC, the entire metabolic network undergoes reprogramming, including marked changes in the regulation of glucose, lipid and amino acid metabolism. Although microRNAs (miRNAs) account for only 1% of the entire human genome, they play an important role in almost all physiological and pathological processes in the body. MiRNAs can react directly with key enzymes in the metabolic processes. MiRNAs also interact with other ncRNAs, as a member of non-coding RNA (ncRNA), to form their own regulatory network in various oncogenic pathways of CRC metabolism. The progression of colorectal cancer is closely related to the intestinal flora, where miRNAs act as important mediators. Understanding how miRNAs act in the regulatory network of CRC metabolism is helpful to elucidate the characteristics of tumor occurrence, proliferation, metastasis and drug resistance. This review summarizes the role of miRNAs in the metabolism of CRC and how miRNAs interact with key enzymes, ncRNA and intestinal flora to further discuss how miRNAs affect CRC and realize some new strategies for the early diagnosis and treatment of CRC.

Keywords: colorectal cancer, intestinal flora, metabolism, microRNA, molecular biomarkers, non-coding RNA, regulatory network, therapeutic targets


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Li, W., Lu, Y., Ye, C., Ouyang, M. (2021). The Regulatory Network of MicroRNA in the Metabolism of Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Cancer, 12(24), 7454-7464. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.61618.

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Li, W.; Lu, Y.; Ye, C.; Ouyang, M. The Regulatory Network of MicroRNA in the Metabolism of Colorectal Cancer. J. Cancer 2021, 12 (24), 7454-7464. DOI: 10.7150/jca.61618.

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Li W, Lu Y, Ye C, Ouyang M. The Regulatory Network of MicroRNA in the Metabolism of Colorectal Cancer. J Cancer 2021; 12(24):7454-7464. doi:10.7150/jca.61618. https://www.jcancer.org/v12p7454.htm

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Li W, Lu Y, Ye C, Ouyang M. 2021. The Regulatory Network of MicroRNA in the Metabolism of Colorectal Cancer. J Cancer. 12(24):7454-7464.

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