ArticleHeliyon2024
LncRNA SNHG8 upregulates MUC5B to induce idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis progression by targeting miR-4701-5p.
Article in Heliyon, 2024. 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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- LncRNA SNHG8 contributes to post-myocardial infarction cardiac fibrosis and is functionally associated with miR-192-3p.Journal of molecular histology · 2026Article
- Emerging roles of noncoding RNAs in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Cell death discovery · 2024Review
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Abstract
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a critical role in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are unclear. Our study demonstrated that lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 8 (SNHG8) was increased in bleomycin (BLM)-induced A549 cells. LncRNA SNHG8 overexpression further elevated fibrosis-related factors monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP1), CC motif chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18), and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), as well as increased collagen type I alpha-1 chain (COL1A1) and collagen type III alpha-1 chain (COL3A1). Meanwhile, lncRNA SNHG8 knockdown exhibited an opposite role in reducing BLM-induced pulmonary fibrosis. With regard to the mechanism, SNHG8 was then revealed to act as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for microRNA (miR)-4701-5p in regulating Mucin 5B (MUC5B) expression. Furthermore, the interactions between SNHG8 and miR-4701-5p, between miR-4701-5p and MUC5B, and between SNHG8 and MUC5B on the influence of fibrosis-related indicators were confirmed, respectively. In addition, SNHG8 overexpression enhanced the levels of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 and phosphorylation Smad2/3 (
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