Abstract
MicroRNAs are critical epigenetic regulators that can be used as diagnostic, prognostic, and
therapeutic biomarkers for the treatment of various diseases, including gastrointestinal cancers, among
a variety of cellular and molecular biomarkers. MiRNAs have also shown oncogenic or tumor suppressor
roles in tumor tissue and other cell types. Studies showed that the dysregulation of miR-28 is involved
in cell growth and metastasis of gastrointestinal cancers. MiR-28 plays a key role in controlling
the physiological processes of cancer cells including growth and proliferation, migration, invasion,
apoptosis, and metastasis. Therefore, miR-28 expression patterns can be used to distinguish patient
subgroups. Based on the previous studies, miR-28 expression can be a suitable biomarker to detect tumor
size and predict histological grade metastasis. In this review, we summarize the inhibitory effects
of miR-28 as a metastasis suppressor in gastrointestinal cancers. miR-28 plays a role as a tumor suppressor
in gastrointestinal cancers by regulating cancer cell growth, cell differentiation, angiogenesis,
and metastasis. As a result, using it as a prognostic, diagnostic, and therapeutic biomarker in the treatment
of gastrointestinal cancers can be a way to solve the problems in this field.
Keywords:
Circulating miR-28, gastrointestinal cancers, biomarkers, metastasis, epigenetic regulators, MiRNAs.
Graphical Abstract
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