miRNAs as cornerstones in adipogenesis and obesity

SY Elkhawaga, A Ismail, EGE Elsakka, AS Doghish… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, obesity has extensively emerged to the level of pandemics. It's
significantly associated with serious co-morbidities that could decrease life quality and even …

The clinical potential of circulating microRNAs in obesity

C Ji, X Guo - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Obesity is a complex condition that is characterized by excessive fat accumulation, which
can lead to the development of metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus …

Editorial focus: understanding off-target effects as the key to successful RNAi therapy

R Bartoszewski, AF Sikorski - Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2019 - Springer
With the first RNA interference (RNAi) drug (ONPATTRO (patisiran)) on the market, we
witness the RNAi therapy field reaching a critical turning point, when further improvements in …

miRNAs as biomarkers and possible therapeutic strategies in rheumatoid arthritis

T Kmiołek, A Paradowska-Gorycka - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Within the past years, more and more attention has been devoted to the epigenetic
dysregulation that provides an additional window for understanding the possible …

[HTML][HTML] Role of microRNAs in alcohol-induced liver disorders and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

JL Torres, I Novo-Veleiro, L Manzanedo… - World journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate multiple physiological and
pathological functions through the modulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional …

miR-221-3p drives the shift of M2-macrophages to a pro-inflammatory function by suppressing JAK3/STAT3 activation

L Quero, AN Tiaden, E Hanser, J Roux, A Laski… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Macrophages are conventionally classified as pro-inflammatory (M1) and anti-
inflammatory (M2) functional types. There is evidence for a predominance of macrophages …

MicroRNAs and immunity in periodontal health and disease

X Luan, X Zhou, A Naqvi, M Francis, D Foyle… - International Journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of the host immune and inflammatory response
against bacterial pathogens. In the present review, we discuss target genes, target gene …

The emerging role of epigenetics in inflammation and immunometabolism

S Raghuraman, I Donkin, S Versteyhe, R Barrès… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2016 - cell.com
Recent research developments have shed light on the risk factors contributing to metabolic
complications, implicating both genetic and environmental factors, potentially integrated by …

microRNAs distinctively regulate vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells: functional implications in angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, and in-stent restenosis

G Santulli - microRNA: Basic Science: From Molecular Biology to …, 2015 - Springer
Endothelial cells (EC) and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) are the main cell types
within the vasculature. We describe here how microRNAs (miRs)—noncoding RNAs that …

Immunobiology of parasitic worm extracellular vesicles

RM Eichenberger, J Sotillo… - Immunology and cell …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Helminth parasites (worms) have evolved a vast array of strategies to manipulate their
vertebrate hosts. Extracellular vesicles (EV s) are secreted by all helminth species …