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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

Pathogens Use and Abuse MicroRNAs to Deceive the Immune System.

Thomas B Flór, Bianca Blom

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. CD8 + T Cells in Gastrointestinal Cancer: a Perspective on Targeting MicroRNA.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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  3. Epstein-Barr virus-encoded miR-BART5-5p upregulates PD-L1 through PIAS3/pSTAT3 modulation, worsening clinical outcomes of PD-L1-positive gastric carcinomas.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2020
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  5. MicroRNA and Nonsense Transcripts as Putative Viral Evasion Mechanisms.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas B FlórDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands. thomas_flor@hotmail.com.
Bianca BlomDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands. b.blom@amc.uva.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence has demonstrated that microRNAs (miRs) play a role in the survival and amplification of viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. There are various ways in which pathogens can benefit from miR-directed alterations in protein translation and signal transduction. Members of the herpesviridae family have previously been shown to encode multiple miRs, while the production of miRs by viruses like HIV-1 remained controversial. Recently, novel techniques have facilitated the elucidation of true miR targets by establishing miR-argonaute association and the subsequent interactions with their cognate cellular mRNAs. This, in combination with miR reporter assays, has generated physiologically relevant evidence that miRs from the herpesviridae family have the potential to downregulate multiple cellular targets, which are involved in immune activation, cytokine signaling and apoptosis. In addition, viruses and bacteria have also been linked to the induction of host cellular miRs, which have the capacity to mitigate immune activation, cytokine signaling and apoptosis. Interfering with miR expression may be clinically relevant. In the case of hepatitis C infection, the cellular miR-122 is already targeted therapeutically. This not only exemplifies how important miRs can be for the survival of specific viruses, but it also delineates the potential to use miRs as drug targets. In this paper we will review the latest reports on viruses and bacteria that abuse miR regulation for their benefit, which may be of interest in the development of miR-directed therapies.

Indexed as

Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaImmune EvasionVirus Physiological PhenomenaGene Expression RegulationHerpesviridaeHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMicroRNAsRNA, BacterialRNA, ViralSignal TransductionVirus DiseasesMicroRNAsRNA, BacterialRNA, Viralepigeneticsimmune systemmicroRNApathogens

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PMID27070595
PMCPMC4848994

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