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miR-18a increases insulin sensitivity by inhibiting
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- Common miRNAs, Genes, and Regulatory Pathways in Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Integrative Analysis of Systematic Reviews, Bioinformatics and Data Mining.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Pooled it
- Novel Molecular Signatures of Peripheral Regulatory T Cells in Kidney Disease Associated with Type 1 Diabetes.Kidney360 · 2026Article
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- MicroRNA-18a-5p regulates hepatic lipid accumulation in response to high-fat diet.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- MiR-18a affects hypoxia induced glucose metabolism transition in HT22 hippocampal neuronal cell line through the Hif1a gene.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- miR-320b, a Future Expected New Biomarker for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Induces Dysglycemia by Targeting PTEN.International journal of endocrinology · 2024Article
- Exosomes derived from bladder epithelial cells infected with uropathogenic Escherichia coli increase the severity of urinary tract infections (UTIs) by impairing macrophage function.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Holistic expression of miR-17-92 cluster in obesity, kidney diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes.Molecular biology reports · 2023Review
- A Liquid Biopsy-Based Approach to Isolate and Characterize Adipose Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles from Blood.ACS nano · 2023Article
- Circulating microRNA levels differ in the early stages of insulin resistance in prepubertal children with obesity.Life sciences · 2023Article
- Review
- Upregulated miR-18a-5p in Colony Forming Unit-Hill's in Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease and Metformin Therapy; MERIT Study.Biomedicines · 2022Article
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Abstract
The miR-17-92 cluster (miR-17, miR-18a, miR-19a, miR-20a, miR-19b-1 and miR-92a) contributes to the occurrence and development of various diseases by inhibiting multiple target genes. Here, we explored the effects of miR-18a on insulin sensitivity. Quantitative real-time PCR indicated that serum miR-18a levels were lower in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients than in healthy controls, suggesting that miR-18a may influence blood glucose levels. Global overexpression of miR-18a in transgenic mice increased their glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, while it reduced expression of the phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) in their skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Western blotting indicated that overexpressing miR-18a in 3T3-L1 and C2C12 cells enhanced insulin-stimulated AKT phosphorylation and suppressed PTEN expression, while inhibiting miR-18a had the opposite effects. These results suggest that miR-18a improves insulin sensitivity by downregulating
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