Nehal I Rizk, Heba M Midan, Gouda Kamel Helal, Ahmed I Abulsoud, Shereen Saeid Elshaer, Ahmed A El-Husseiny, Doaa Fathi, Nourhan M Abdelmaksoud, Sherif S Abdel Mageed, Mohammed S Elballal, Mohamed Bakr Zaki, Mai A Abd-Elmawla, Tohada M Al-Noshokaty, Mahmoud A Elrebehy, Walaa A El-Dakroury, Logyna A Abulsoud, Ahmed S Doghish
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an uncommon invasive form of skin cancer that typically manifests as a nodule on the face, head, or neck that is flesh-colored or bluish-red in appearance. Rapid growth and metastasis are hallmarks of MCC. MCC has the second-greatest mortality rate among skin cancers after melanoma. Despite the recent cascade of molecular investigations, no universal molecular signature has been identified as responsible for MCC's pathogenesis. The microRNAs (miRNAs) play a critical role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression...
September 2023: Pathology, Research and Practice