Oncomeric Profiles of microRNAs as New Therapeutic Targets for Treatment of Ewing's Sarcoma: A Composite Review

Genes (Basel). 2023 Sep 23;14(10):1849. doi: 10.3390/genes14101849.

Abstract

Ewing's sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that forms in bones and soft tissues in the body, affecting mostly children and young adults. Current treatments for ES are limited to chemotherapy and/or radiation, followed by surgery. Recently, microRNAs have shown favourable results as latent diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in various cancers. Furthermore, microRNAs have shown to be a good therapeutic agent due to their involvement in the dysregulation of various molecular pathways linked to tumour progression, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis. In this review, comprehensive data mining was employed to explore various microRNAs that might have therapeutic potential as target molecules in the treatment of ES.

Keywords: EWSR1; Ewing’s sarcoma; miRNA; therapeutic targets.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Bone Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Child
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs* / genetics
  • MicroRNAs* / therapeutic use
  • Sarcoma, Ewing* / drug therapy
  • Sarcoma, Ewing* / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • MicroRNAs