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ArticleCirculation research2014

Loss of MicroRNA-155 protects the heart from pathological cardiac hypertrophy.

Hee Young Seok, Jinghai Chen, Masaharu Kataoka, Zhan-Peng Huang, Jian Ding, Jinglu Yan, Xiaoyun Hu, Da-Zhi Wang

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Article in Circulation research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 162 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of miRNA in Cardiovascular Diseases in Children-Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  8. The role of miR-155 in cardiovascular diseases: Potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025
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  12. miR-31-5p suppresses myocardial hypertrophy by targeting Nfatc2ip.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024
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  20. Extracellular Vesicles and Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hee Young SeokFrom the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA (H.Y.S., J.C., M.K., Z.-P.H., J.D., J.Y., X.H., D.-Z.W.); Program of Integrative Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China (J.Y.); and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (D.-Z.W.).
Jinghai Chen
Masaharu Kataoka
Zhan-Peng Huang
Jian Ding
Jinglu Yan
Xiaoyun Hu
Da-Zhi Wang
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

RESEARCH METHODS IN PEDIATRICS HEART DISEASET32HL007572 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI Sarah D DE FERRANTI, Jane W. Newburger · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
MicroRNAs, cardiac development and functionR01HL085635 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WANG, DA-ZHI · 2007 to 2015
$3.2M
Molecular Mechanisms of Dilated CardiomyopathyR01HL116919 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WANG, DA-ZHI · 2013 to 2016
$1.7M
Transcriptional control of cardiac developmentR01HL075251 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WANG, DA-ZHI · 2004 to 2007
$1.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL085635NHLBI NIH HHS HL116919NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL075251NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085635NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116919NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007572NHLBI NIH HHS T32HL007572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleIn response to mechanical and pathological stress, adult mammalian hearts often undergo mal-remodeling, a process commonly characterized as pathological hypertrophy, which is associated with upregulation of fetal genes, increased fibrosis, and reduction of cardiac dysfunction. The molecular pathways that regulate this process are not fully understood.

objectiveTo explore the function of microRNA-155 (miR-155) in cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling. METHODS AND

resultsOur previous work identified miR-155 as a critical microRNA that repressed the expression and function of the myocyte enhancer factor 2A. In this study, we found that miR-155 is expressed in cardiomyocytes and that its expression is reduced in pressure overload-induced hypertrophic hearts. In mouse models of cardiac hypertrophy, miR-155 null hearts suppressed cardiac hypertrophy and cardiac remodeling in response to 2 independent pathological stressors, transverse aortic restriction and an activated calcineurin transgene. Most importantly, loss of miR-155 prevents the progress of heart failure and substantially extends the survival of calcineurin transgenic mice. The function of miR-155 in hypertrophy is confirmed in isolated cardiomyocytes. We identified jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 (Jarid2) as an miR-155 target in the heart. miR-155 directly represses Jarid2, whose expression is increased in miR-155 null hearts. Inhibition of endogenous Jarid2 partially rescues the effect of miR-155 loss in isolated cardiomyocytes.

conclusionsOur studies uncover miR-155 as an inducer of pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and suggest that inhibition of endogenous miR-155 might have clinical potential to suppress cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiomegalyCells, CulturedMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMicroRNAsMyocytes, CardiacMicroRNAsMirn155 microRNA, mousecardiac hypertrophycardiomyocyteheart failureJarid2microRNAmiR-155post-transcriptional regulation

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PMID24657879
PMCPMC4033580
OpenAlexW2142517633

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