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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2018

Characterization of the microtranscriptome of macrophages infected with virulent, attenuated and saprophyte strains of Leptospira spp.

Leandro Encarnação Garcia, Erivelto Corrêa de Araújo Junior, Larissa Martins Melo, Jaqueline Poleto Bragato, Juliana Regina Peiró, Valéria Marçal Félix de Lima, Márcia Marinho, Daniel Robert Arnold, Flavia Lombardi Lopes

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leandro Encarnação GarciaDepartment of Support, Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Erivelto Corrêa de Araújo JuniorDepartment of Support, Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Larissa Martins MeloDepartment of Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Jaqueline Poleto BragatoDepartment of Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Juliana Regina PeiróDepartment of Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Valéria Marçal Félix de LimaDepartment of Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Márcia MarinhoDepartment of Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Daniel Robert ArnoldDepartment of Support, Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
Flavia Lombardi LopesDepartment of Support, Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3173-3712
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis, caused by Leptospira spp., that leads to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite considerable advances, much is yet to be discovered about disease pathogenicity. The influence of epigenetic mechanisms, particularly RNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of host immune response has been described following a variety of bacterial infections. The current study examined the microtranscriptome of macrophages J774A.1 following an 8h infection with virulent, attenuated and saprophyte strains of Leptospira. Microarray analysis revealed that 29 miRNAs were misregulated following leptospiral infection compared to control macrophages in a strain and virulence-specific manner. Pathway analysis for targets of these differentially expressed miRNAs suggests that several processes involved in immune response could be regulated by miRNAs. Our data provides the first evidence that host miRNAs are regulated by Leptospira infection in macrophages. A number of the identified miRNA targets participate in key immune response processes. We suggest that post-transcriptional regulation by miRNAs may play a role in host response to infection in leptospirosis.

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TranscriptomeAnimalsCricetinaeHumansLeptospiraLeptospirosisMacrophagesMiceMicroRNAsPhylogenyVirulenceMicroRNAs

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PMID29979677
PMCPMC6051669
OpenAlexW2842689509

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