National Conference cum Workshop on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Foundation of Computer Science USA |
NCWBCB - Number 3 |
May 2014 |
Authors: Antara Sengupta, Camellia Ray, Pabitra Pal Choudhury |
7a04211f-aae0-49f1-b88c-ad51660372f5 |
Antara Sengupta, Camellia Ray, Pabitra Pal Choudhury . Study of miRNA Let-7 Involvement in Breast Cancer through the Light of Graph Theory and Canalizing Function. National Conference cum Workshop on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. NCWBCB, 3 (May 2014), 26-29.
miRNAs are small, non-coding RNAs and of 21-25 nucleotide in size. They negatively regulate protein-coding mRNAs at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs play very important roles in various biological processes like cell growth, differentiation, and development. Abnormal expressions of miRNAs can lead various diseases including cancer and therefore miRNAs are considered as strong diagnostic and therapeutic candidates for the treatment of human diseases. The let-7 "lethal-7" is a microRNA and has active participation in Breast cancer. Not only that but also let-7 affects self-renewal ability of cancer cells. So it may be novel idea to make cancer therapy by targeting let-7 in breast cancer patients. In this paper we have tried to study the Gene Regulatory Network(GRN) of Let-7 in Breast Cancer through the light of Graph theory and Canalizing function.