• Cytokine- and chemokine-induced inflammatory colorectal tumor microenvironment: Emerging avenue for targeted therapy 

      Bhat, Ajaz A.; Nisar, Sabah; Singh, Mayank; Ashraf, Bazella; Masoodi, Tariq; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article Review)
      Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a predominant life-threatening cancer, with liver and peritoneal metastases as the primary causes of death. Intestinal inflammation, a known CRC risk factor, nurtures a local inflammatory environment ...
    • Insights Into the Role of CircRNAs: Biogenesis, Characterization, Functional, and Clinical Impact in Human Malignancies 

      Nisar, Sabah; Bhat, Ajaz A.; Singh, Mayank; Karedath, Thasni; Rizwan, Arshi; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article Review)
      Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are an evolutionarily conserved novel class of non-coding endogenous RNAs (ncRNAs) found in the eukaryotic transcriptome, originally believed to be aberrant RNA splicing by-products with decreased ...
    • miRNAs as novel immunoregulators in cancer 

      Saife N., Lone; Bhat, Ajaz A.; Wani, Nissar A.; Karedath, Thasni; Hashem, Sheema; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)
      The immune system is a well-known vital regulator of tumor growth, and one of the main hallmarks of cancer is evading the immune system. Immune system deregulation can lead to immune surveillance evasion, sustained cancer ...