Preface Part I MicroRNAs: biology and implications in cancer1 MicroRNAs and cancer: an overviewSadegh Babashah2 Epigenetics and microRNA in cancerJiazeng Xia, Xiaoqiang Guo, Kaiyuan Deng 3 MicroRNA, diet and cancer chemopreventionSharanjot Saini, Rajvir Dahiya4 MicroRNAs and energy metabolism in cancer cellsLinchong Sun, Xiaoping He, Yang Cao, Ping Gao, Huafeng Zhang5 MicroRNAs and solid tumorsGianpiero Di Leva, Michela Garofalo 6 MicroRNAs and blood cancersCharles H Lawrie 7 MicroRNAs and oncogenic human virusesMuriel Thirion, Teru Kanda, Yoshiki Murakami, Takahiro Ochiya, Hisashi Iizasa8 MicroRNAs linking cancer and inflammation: focus on liver cancerAngélique Gougelet and Sabine Colnot 9 MicroRNAs and regulatory pathways in tumorigenesisJun Wei, Yong Li, Xiaoming Liu, William C. Cho10 MicroRNA-modulated apoptotic and autophagic signaling networks in cancerBo Liu, Yu-quan Wei 11 MicroRNAs and cancer drug resistance and drug sensitivityHugo Seca, Raquel T. Lima, M. Helena Vasconcelos 12 The biological roles of microRNAs in cancer stem cellsBin Bao, Asfar S. Azmi, Aamir Ahmad, Yiwei Li, Sanjeev Banerjee, Dejuan Kong, Shadan Ali, and Fazlul H. Sarkar Part II MicroRNAs and their clinical implications13 MicroRNAs and clinical implications in cancerJürgen Wittmann 14 MicroRNA expression profiling and its clinical impact in breast cancerManuela Ferracin, Laura Lupini15 MicroRNAs and their clinical impact on resistance to anticancer treatmentKirsten Lindner, Joerg Haier, Richard Hummel 16 Nanocarriers and microRNA-based scenarios for cancer therapyBabak Bakhshinejad, Mohammad Amin Javidi, Sahar Babashah, Sadegh Babashah 17 Challenges and strategies for pulmonary delivery of microRNA-based therapeuticsYu Fujita, Kazuyoshi Kuwano ,Takahiro Ochiya AbbreviationsIndex