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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Pathobiol Rep. 2012 Dec 18;1(1):71–79. doi: 10.1007/s40139-012-0002-7

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Many factors influence miRNA expression. Mutations, aberrant protein expression, or epigenetic alterations are only a few examples of defects in regulatory mechanisms that cause abnormal miRNA expression and lead to cancer. Abbreviations: RBPs, RNA-binding proteins; SNPs, Single nucleotide polymorphisms; HRE, Hormone-responsive element