Journal
LIFE-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/life11121439
Keywords
miRNA; cancer survivorship care; rehabilitation; personalized exercise intervention; molecular biomarker
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- China Scholarship Council
- Athena Swan Research Capacity Building fund 2021 National University of Ireland, Galway
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miRNAs play a crucial role in cancer treatment as biomarkers for tissue damage and health-related fitness. These biomarkers can be correlated with circulating miRNA levels, providing a way to assess progress in rehabilitation.
Expression and functions of microRNAs (miRNAs) have been widely investigated in cancer treatment-induced complications and as a response to physical activity, respectively, but few studies focus on the application of miRNAs as biomarkers in exercise-based cancer rehabilitation. Research has shown that certain miRNA expression is altered substantially due to tissue damage caused by cancer treatment and chronic inflammation. MiRNAs are released from the damaged tissue and can be easily detected in blood plasma. Levels of the miRNA present in peripheral circulation can therefore be used to measure the extent of tissue damage. Moreover, damage to tissues such as cardiac and skeletal muscle significantly affects the individual's health-related fitness, which can be determined using physiologic functional assessments. These physiologic parameters are a measure of tissue health and function and can therefore be correlated with the levels of circulating miRNAs. In this paper, we reviewed miRNAs whose expression is altered during cancer treatment and may correlate to physiological, physical, and psychological changes that significantly impact the quality of life of cancer survivors and their role in response to physical activity. We aim to identify potential miRNAs that can not only be used for monitoring changes that occur in health-related fitness during cancer treatment but can also be used to evaluate response to exercise-based rehabilitation and monitor individual progress through the rehabilitation programme.
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