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2013 ; 3
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): 287-302
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with MicroRNA Regulation
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Jin Y
; Lee CG
Biomolecules
2013[Apr]; 3
(2
): 287-302
PMID24970168
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Since the discovery of microRNA (miRNA), the polymorphisms that affect miRNA
regulation had been extensively investigated by many independent studies.
Recently, researchers utilized bioinformatics and statistical approaches for
genome-wide analysis on the human polymorphisms that reside in the miRNA genes,
targets, and/or genes involved in miRNA processing. In this review, we will give
an overview about the important findings of these studies from three
perspectives: architecture of the polymorphisms within miRNAs or their targets,
potential functional consequences of the polymorphisms on miRNA processing or
targeting, and the associations of the polymorphisms with miRNA or target gene
expression. The results of the previous studies demonstrated the signatures of
natural selections on the miRNA genes and their targets, and proposed a
collection of potentially functional, expression-associated, and/or positively
selected polymorphisms that are promising for further investigations. In the
meantime, a few useful resources about the polymorphic miRNA regulation have been
developed and the different features of these databases were discussed in this
review. Though recent research had benefited from these comprehensive studies and
resources, there were still gaps in our knowledge about the polymorphisms
involved in miRNA regulation, and future investigations were expected to address
these questions.