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Nature Reviews Cancer 8, 741 (1 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrc2513

Metastasis: Micro silencing

Nicola McCarthy

The deregulated expression of microRNAs has been implicated in the development of tumour metastases. New evidence from Manel Esteller and colleagues indicates that hypermethylation of microRNAs could be responsible for this deregulated expression.