The emerging roles of microRNAs in pneumoconiosis: pathogenic mechanisms and clinical implications (opens in new tab)

Pneumoconiosis is currently one of the most common occupational diseases in clinical practice. Its pathogenesis has not yet been fully elucidated, and effective clinical treatments are lacking. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding single-stranded RNA molecules that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level by binding to target genes, thereby inhibiting mRNA translation or promoting mRNA degradation. Existing studies have shown that miRNAs are closely associated with t...