A bimonthly publication part of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology portfolio of journals connected with ABC Cardiol publishing national and international scientific production in the field of cardiovascular sciences.
ISSN 2359-4802
eISSN 2359-5647
Giovani Carlo Veríssimo da Costa
Giovani Carlo Veríssimo da Costa
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) were discovered in 1993 in studies of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and since then, these molecules have been of considerable importance in clinical practice for their use as potential biomarkers of different health and disease conditions. In cell biology, the miRNAs play an important role in the physiological and pathological regulation of various biological processes and act as post-transcriptional regulators by binding to messenger RNA and preventing its translation or promoting molecular cleavage.–miRNAs regulate different degenerative processes, cancer […]
Keywords: microRNA; Chagas disease; chagasic cardiomyopathy; biomarker; diagnosis