ArticleNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University2023
[Arecoline induces activation of human oral fibroblasts by promoting macrophage secretion of exosomes containing miR-155-5p].
Article in Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Shenfu Injection Inhibits Cardiac Fibroblast Activation and Improves Myocardial Fibrosis by Down-regulating M1 Macrophage-Derived Exosomal miR-155-5p.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2026Article
- Uncovering the mechanism of arecoline's effect on oral submucous fibrosis: integrating transcriptomics andFrontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the mechanism by which arecoline regulates the level of miR-155-5p in macrophage-secreted exosomes to induce the transformation of human oral mucosal fibroblasts (HOMFs) into fibroblast phenotype.
methodsExosomes were harvested from human monocytic cell line THP-1 with or without arecoline treatment. The effects of arecoline-treated THP-1 cell culture supernatant (CS), THP-1-derived exosomes (EXO), exosome-depleted THP-1 cell supernatant (NES), miR-155-5p overexpression, and miR-155-5p inhibitor on migration ability of arecoline-treated HOMF cells were examined using Transwell migration assay. The polarization of THP-1 cells was detected using flow cytometry. DCFH-DA was used to detect the level of oxidative stress in the cells with different treatments. The mRNA and protein expressions of α- SMA, type I collagen and SOCS1 in the cells were detected with qRT-PCR and Western blotting.
resultsFlow cytometry showed that arecoline-treated THP-1 cells exhibited obvious polarization from M
conclusionArecoline can up-regulate miR-155-5p expression in THP-1 cells and inhibit the expression of SOCS1 protein in HOMF cells
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