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ArticleOncotarget2017

Effects of microRNA-19b on airway remodeling, airway inflammation and degree of oxidative stress by targeting TSLP through the Stat3 signaling pathway in a mouse model of asthma.

Ling Ye, Yan Mou, Jian Wang, Mei-Ling Jin

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ling YeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China.
Yan MouDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China.
Jian WangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China.
Mei-Ling JinDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China.
Zhongshan Hospital · CNFudan University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored the effects of microRNA-19b (miR-19b) on airway remodeling, airway inflammation, and degree of oxidative stress in a mouse model of asthma. Bioinformatics analyses and dual luciferase reporter gene assays revealed that thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a direct target of miR-19b. An asthma model was established via ovalbumin (OVA) sensitization and challenge in 72 female BALB/c mice. Mice were then assigned to saline, OVA-sensitized, saline+miR-19b mimics, saline+anti-TSLP, OVA-sensitized+miR-19b mimics, OVA-sensitized+mimics scramble, OVA-sensitized+anti-TSLP, and OVA-sensitized+IgG2a groups. Pathological morphology changes were detected through hematoxylin/eosin, Masson, and periodic acid-Schiff staining. miR-19b was downregulated while TSLP and Stat3 were upregulated in the OVA-sensitized group compared with the saline group. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from OVA-sensitized mice showed increased total protein, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-6 levels, numbers of inflammatory cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, mononuclear macrophages and lymphocytes, and eosinophil% compared to controls. Lung tissues from sensitized mice exhibited decreased superoxide dismutase activity and increased methane dicarboxylic aldehyde levels. The effects of OVA sensitization were reversed in the OVA-sensitized+miR-19b mimics and OVA-sensitized+anti-TSLP groups. These findings suggest miR-19b reduces airway remodeling, airway inflammation, and degree of oxidative stress by inhibiting Stat3 signaling through TSLP downregulation in a mouse asthma model.

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Oxidative StressSignal Transduction3' Untranslated RegionsAirway RemodelingAnimalsAsthmaBiomarkersBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression RegulationInflammation MediatorsMiceMicroRNAsOvalbumin3' Untranslated RegionsBiomarkersCytokinesInflammation MediatorsMicroRNAsMIRN19 microRNA, mouseOvalbuminSTAT3 Transcription FactorThymic Stromal LymphopoietinTSLP protein, mouseasthmamicroRNA-19bovalbuminStat3thymic stromal lymphopoietin

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PMID28472780
PMCPMC5564584
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