Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by β-amyloid deposition and neurodegeneration, is the most common cause of dementia worldwide. Emerging evidence suggests that ectopic expression of micro (mi)RNAs is involved in the pathogenesis of AD. There is increasing evidence that miRNAs expressed in the brain are involved in neuronal development, survival and apoptosis. The expression of β-site amy...

During the initial phases of type 1 diabetes, pancreatic islets are invaded by immune cells, exposing β-cells to proinflammatory cytokines. This unfavorable environment results in gene expression modifications leading to loss of β-cell functions. To study the contribution of microRNAs (miRNAs) in this process, we used microarray analysis to search for changes in miRNA expression in prediabetic ...

A cDNA clone encoding a taste-modifying protein, miraculin (MIR), was isolated and sequenced. The encoded precursor to MIR was composed of 220 amino acid (aa) residues, including a possible signal sequence of 29 aa. Northern blot analysis showed that the mRNA encoding MIR was already expressed in fruits of Richadella dulcifica at 3 weeks after pollination and was present specifically in the pulp.

and CD24 –/lo have aberrant expression of miRNAs and much greater self-renewal activity, proliferation and tumor initiation than other cancer cells. The high expression of miR-21, miR-181a and miR-181b has been observed in breast CSCs; however, these cells express very low levels of let-7, miR-34, miR-200, miR-29, miR-30a and miR-93. Similar to breast CSCs, prostate CSCs express a very low leve...

This study is to investigate the regulation of Notch1 and Foxp1 by miR-34a in development psoriasis vulgaris. RT-PCR was used compare levels skin lesions 20 patients with vulgaris normal tissues. Immunohistochemistry detect expression 51 vulgaris, which were further compared that 29 control In addition, HaCaT cells, we mimics inhibitors overexpress inhibit miR-34a, respectively, detected mRNA p...

MicroRNAs are arising as the next generation of diagnostic and therapeutic tools for gene silencing. Studies demonstrated that the miR-29 expression is decreased in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients displaying high levels of human β-secretase (hBACE1). Recent advances toward an effective therapy for AD intend to employ miR-29 to suppress hBACE1 expression and subsequent Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide. ...

discovery and analysis of microRNAs (miRNAs) has revealed a new mechanism of gene regulation. miRNAs can base-pair with specific mRNA targets and regulate their expression at the post-transcriptional level [1]. Changes in miRNA abundance are implicated in controlling many biological processes including cellular senescence [2], an irreversible form of growth arrest involved in cellular aging. Th...

Regulation of microRNA (miRNA) expression contributes to a wide range of target gene expression and phenotypes. The miRNA expression in the liver, the central metabolic organ, was examined in 209 pigs, and integrated with haematological and clinical biomarkers of metabolic and overall health, mRNA-target expression levels and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes. The expression levels...