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Bone-Regulating Micrornas And Resistance Exercise: A Mini-Review, Debra A. Bemben, Zhaojing Chen, Samuel R. Buchanan
Bone-Regulating Micrornas And Resistance Exercise: A Mini-Review, Debra A. Bemben, Zhaojing Chen, Samuel R. Buchanan
Health & Human Performance Faculty Publications and Presentations
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a class of short noncoding RNA that play important roles in controlling gene expression. Many miRNAs have been identified as being important regulators of bone cell function, thus affecting the bone remodeling processes. In addition to being expressed in specific tissues and exerting intracellular effects, miRNAs can enter the blood where they can be taken up by other tissues. These circulating miRNAs (c-miRNA) also have clinical significance as biomarkers of musculoskeletal diseases as they are tissue-specific, are stable and easily detectable, and require minimally invasive procedures. This mini-review discusses miRNAs with regulatory roles in bone metabolism and …