Computational challenges in miRNA target predictions: to be or not to be a true target?

All microRNA (miRNA) target--finder algorithms return lists of candidate target genes. How valid is that output in a biological setting? Transcriptome analysis has proven to be a useful approach to determine mRNA targets. Time course mRNA microarray experiments may reliably identify downregulated ge...

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Publicado en:Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology pp. 9p - 10
Autores principales: Barbato C, Arisi I, Frizzo ME, Brandi R, Da Sacco L, Masotti A
Formato: review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 2009 Regular Issue
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          Da Sacco L
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          Gene Expression
          Genes
          Genetic Techniques
          RNA
          Analysis of Variance
          Animals
          Biological Assay
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      ab: All microRNA (miRNA) target--finder algorithms return lists of candidate target genes. How valid is that output in a biological setting? Transcriptome analysis has proven to be a useful approach to determine mRNA targets. Time course mRNA microarray experiments may reliably identify downregulated genes in response to overexpression of specific miRNA. The approach may miss some miRNA targets that are principally downregulated at the protein level. However, the high-throughput capacity of the assay makes it an effective tool to rapidly identify a large number of promising miRNA targets. Finally, loss and gain of function miRNA genetics have the clear potential of being critical in evaluating the biological relevance of thousands of target genes predicted by bioinformatic studies and to test the degree to which miRNA-mediated regulation of any 'validated' target functionally matters to the animal or plant.
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