Introduction: MicroRNAs in human reproduction: small molecules with crucial regulatory roles

Autores de IIS La Fe

• Ana Ventura Galiano

  Autor

• Antonio Pellicer Martínez

  Autor

Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

• Imbar T
• Laufer N

Grupos

• Medicina Fetal y Reproductiva

Abstract

MicroRNAs constitute a large family of approximately 21-nucleotide-long, noncoding RNAs. They emerged more than 20 years ago as key posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. The regulatory role of these small RNA molecules has recently begun to be explored in the human reproductive system. In this issue's Views and Reviews, the authors present the current knowledge regarding the involvement of microRNAs in several aspects of human reproduction and discuss its future implications for clinical practice.

Keywords

• microRNA; reproduction