Review Article
The Potential of MicroRNAs as Novel Biomarkers for Transplant Rejection
Table 1
Categories, characteristics, and functions of selected ncRNAs.
| | Length | Function |
| Short ncRNAs | | | miRNA | ~22 nt | Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression | siRNA | ~21 nt | Gene silencing | piRNA | ~30 nt | Transposon regulation, development |
| Long ncRNAs | | | rRNA | +1.9 kbases | Protein biosynthesis | lncRNA | ~200 nt | Epigenetics and gene regulation |
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