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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2020

Overexpression of MicroRNA-340-5p Inhibits Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Induced by APE by Downregulating IL-1β and IL-6.

Minghui Ou, Chuntang Zhang, Jing Chen, Shibo Zhao, Shichao Cui, Jie Tu

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2020. 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 It has been retracted, and should not be counted.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 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Minghui OuDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, P.R. China.
Chuntang ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Shengli Oilfield Hospital of Dongying City, Dongying 257000, P.R. China.
Jing ChenDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, P.R. China.
Shibo ZhaoDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, P.R. China.
Shichao CuiDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, P.R. China.
Jie TuScience and Education Department, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, Shandong Province, P.R. China. Electronic address: protu_jie@126.com.
Qingdao Municipal Hospital · CNQingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a fatal cardiovascular disease that could eventually result in right ventricular failure. Recently, the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in PAH have been highlighted. The present study aims to investigate the effects of miRNA (miR)-340-5p on PAH induced by acute pulmonary embolism (APE) and the underlying mechanisms. miR-340-5p was lowly expressed, whereas interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and IL-6 were highly expressed in plasma of APE-PAH patients as compared to normal human plasma. Subsequently, IL-1β and IL-6 were confirmed to be two target genes of miR-340-5p using a dual-luciferase reporter gene assay. By conducting overexpression and rescue experiments, overexpression of miR-340-5p was evidenced to inhibit proliferation and migration of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) and inflammation via reducing IL-1β and IL-6 levels. Meanwhile, miR-340-5p led to the blocked nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) pathway with reduced NF-κB p65, matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), and MMP9 expression in PASMCs. Finally, the ameliorative effect of miR-340-5p on pathological lesions was further verified in rat models of APE-PAH. Altogether, overexpressed miR-340-5p inhibited the inflammatory response, proliferation, and migration of PASMCs by downregulating IL-1β and IL-6, thereby suppressing the progression of APE-PAH. miR-340-5p therefore holds promise as an anti-inflammatory therapeutic target.

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acute pulmonary embolisminflammatory responseinterleukin-1βinterleukin-6microRNA-340-5pmigrationproliferationpulmonary arterial hypertension

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PMID32712318
PMCPMC7378273
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