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Observational studyExperimental & molecular medicine2021

MiR-144-3p is associated with pathological inflammation in patients infected with Mycobacteroides abscessus.

Hyeon Ji Kim, In Soo Kim, Sung-Gwon Lee, Young Jae Kim, Prashanta Silwal, Ji Young Kim, Jin Kyung Kim, Wonhyoung Seo, Chaeuk Chung, Hyun Kyu Cho and 5 more

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Observational study in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Hyeon Ji Kim *Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
In Soo Kim *Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Sung-Gwon Lee *School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Korea.
Young Jae KimDepartment of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Prashanta SilwalDepartment of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-024X
Ji Young KimDivision of Rheumatology, Regional Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Jin Kyung KimDepartment of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Wonhyoung SeoDepartment of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Chaeuk ChungInfection Control Convergence Research Center, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Hyun Kyu ChoDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 06351, Korea.
Hee Jae HuhDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 06351, Korea.
Seung Cheol ShimDivision of Rheumatology, Regional Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea.
Chungoo ParkSchool of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Korea. chungoo.park@gmail.com.
Byung Woo JhunDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 06351, Korea. byungwoo.jhun@gmail.com.
Eun-Kyeong JoDepartment of Microbiology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, 35015, Korea. hayoungj@cnu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7191-0587

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria is emerging as a global health issue; however, key host factors remain elusive. Here, we investigated the characteristic immune profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients infected with Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. abscessus (Mabc) and M. abscessus subsp. massiliense (Mmass). Using an integrated analysis of global mRNA and microRNA expression profiles, we found that several inflammatory cytokines/chemokines [interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 2, and C-C motif chemokine ligand 2] and miR-144-3p were significantly upregulated in PBMCs from patients compared with those from healthy controls (HCs). Notably, there was a strong correlation between the expression levels of miR-144-3p and proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines. Similarly, upregulated expression of miR-144-3p and proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines was found in macrophages and lungs from mice after infection with Mabc and Mmass. We showed that the expression of negative regulators of inflammation (SARM1 and TNIP3) was significantly downregulated in PBMCs from the patients, although they were not putative targets of miR-144-3p. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-144-3p led to a marked increase in proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines and promoted bacterial growth in macrophages. Together, our results highlight the importance of miR-144-3p linking to pathological inflammation during M. abscessus infection.

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MicroRNAsMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousAnimalsArmadillo Domain ProteinsCells, CulturedChemokine CXCL2Cytoskeletal ProteinsFemaleHumansInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMiddle AgedArmadillo Domain ProteinsChemokine CXCL2Cytoskeletal ProteinsInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMicroRNAsMIRN144 microRNA, humanSARM1 protein, humanTNIP3 protein, human

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PMCPMC8080579

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