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21st European Congress of Endocrinology

Lyon, France
18 May 2019 - 21 May 2019

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18-21 May 2019, Lyon, France

Debates

MicroRNAs as hormones?

ea0063d5.2 | MicroRNAs as hormones? | ECE2019

CON: MicroRNAs and extracellular vesicles as hormones?

Davalos Alberto

The capacity of microRNAs (miRNAs) to simultaneously repress multiple targets provide a mechanism to treat disease by modulating entire biological networks. miRNAs are present in the systemic circulation and other biological fluids associated with extracellular microvesicles, exosomes, Ago2 complex or HDL. Even exogenous miRNAs have been described in our circulation. The active secretion of miRNAs by the cells has been suggested to mediate intercellular communication. The inte...