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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2014

The functional role of microRNAs in alcoholic liver injury.

Kelly McDaniel, Leonardo Herrera, Tianhao Zhou, Heather Francis, Yuyan Han, Phillip Levine, Emily Lin, Shannon Glaser, Gianfranco Alpini, Fanyin Meng

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Identification of serum microRNAs as potential biomarkers in Pompe disease.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kelly McDanielResearch, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX, USA; Department of Medicine, Scott & White Digestive Disease Research Center, Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, TX, USA; Academic Operations, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX, USA.
Leonardo Herrera
Tianhao Zhou
Heather Francis
Yuyan Han
Phillip Levine
Emily Lin
Shannon Glaser
Gianfranco Alpini
Fanyin Meng
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System · USScott & White Memorial Hospital · USTemple College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The function of microRNAs (miRNAs) during alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has recently become of great interest in biological research. Studies have shown that ALD associated miRNAs play a crucial role in the regulation of liver-inflammatory agents such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), one of the key inflammatory agents responsible for liver fibrosis (liver scarring) and the critical contributor of alcoholic liver disease. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a component of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria, is responsible for TNF-α release by Kupffer cells. miRNAs are the critical mediators of LPS signalling in Kupffer cells, hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells. Certain miRNAs, in particular miR-155 and miR-21, show a positive correlation in up-regulation of LPS signalling when they are exposed to ethanol. ALD is related to enhanced gut permeability that allows the levels of LPS to increase, leads to increased secretion of TNF-α by the Kupffer cells and subsequently promotes alcoholic liver injury through specific miRNAs. Meanwhile, two of the most frequently dysregulated miRNAs in steatohepatitis, miR-122 and miR-34a are the critical mediators in ethanol/LPS activated survival signalling during ALD. In this review, we summarize recent findings regarding the experimental and clinical aspects of functions of specific microRNAs, focusing mainly on inflammation and cell survival after ethanol/LPS treatment, and advances on the role of circulating miRNAs in human alcoholic disorders.

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EthanolGene Expression RegulationHepatic Stellate CellsHepatocytesHumansIntestinal MucosaIntestinesKupffer CellsLipopolysaccharidesLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicMicroRNAsPermeabilitySignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 4Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaEthanolLipopolysaccharidesMicroRNAsTLR4 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 4Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaalcoholic liver diseasesapoptosisKupffer cellsLPSmicroRNAsTLR4TNF-α

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PMID24400890
PMCPMC3930407
OpenAlexW1977818758

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