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microRNA的功能及其应用的中期报告Introduction:MicroRNAs(miRNAs)aresmallnon-codingRNAsthatregulategeneexpressionineukaryoticorganisms.miRNAsareimportantformanybiologicalprocesses,includingdevelopment,differentiation,anddiseaseprogression.miRNAsfunctionbybindingtothe3'untranslatedregion(UTR)oftargetmessengerRNAs(mRNAs),leadingtoeitherdegradationofthemRNAorinhibitionofitstranslation.miRNAshavebeenimplicatedinavarietyofdiseases,includingcancer,cardiovasculardisease,andautoimmunedisorders.Inthismidtermreport,wewilldiscussthefunctionsofmiRNAsandtheirpotentialapplicationsinbiotechnologyandmedicine.FunctionsofmiRNAs:miRNAshaveawiderangeofbiologicalfunctions,includingregulationofgeneexpression,celldifferentiation,proliferation,andapoptosis.Inadditiontotheirregulatoryfunctions,miRNAshavealsobeenshowntoplayimportantrolesintheimmunesystem,metabolism,andstressresponses.miRNAsareinvolvedincomplexregulatorynetworks,anddysregulationofmiRNAactivityhasbeenassociatedwithmanydiseases,includingcancer,cardiovasculardisease,andneurodegenerativedisorders.miRNAsinCancer:miRNAshavebeenshowntoplayimportantrolesincancerdevelopmentandprogression.AlteredexpressionofmiRNAshasbeendetectedinvarioustypesofcancer,andmiRNAprofilinghasbeenusedtoclassifycancersubtypesandpredictpatientprognosis.miRNAscanactastumorsuppressorsoroncogenes,andtheirdysregulationcanleadtouncontrolledcellgrowth,invasion,andmetastasis.StrategiestotargetmiRNAsforcancertherapyarebeingdeveloped,includingtheuseofantagomirs(syntheticRNAmoleculesthatinterferewithmiRNAfunction)anddrugdeliverysystems.miRNAsinCardiovascularDisease:miRNAshavealsobeenimplicatedincardiovasculardisease,includingheartfailure,cardiachypertrophy,andatherosclerosis.miRNAshavebeenshowntoregulatevascularsmoothmusclecellproliferationandangiogenesis,andalteredmiRNAexpressionisassociatedwithendothelialdysfunctionandinflammation.miRNAprofilinghasbeenusedtoidentifynewtargetsandbiomarkersforcardiovasculardisease,andmiRNA-basedtherapiesarebeingdevelopedforcardiacregenerationa