2019
Thrombospondin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production, LOX levels, and cross-linking via downregulation of miR-29
Calabro NE, Barrett A, Chamorro-Jorganes A, Tam S, Kristofik NJ, Xing H, Loye AM, Sessa WC, Hansen K, Kyriakides TR. Thrombospondin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production, LOX levels, and cross-linking via downregulation of miR-29. Matrix Biology 2019, 82: 71-85. PMID: 30876926, PMCID: PMC6710120, DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2019.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsECM protein productionProtein productionLysyl oxidaseThrombospondin-2MiR-29Matricellular proteinQuantitative proteomics approachLevels of LOXExtracellular matrix productionProteomic approachECM proteinsMajor regulatorECM homeostasisExtracellular matrixMatrix productionProteinCollagen fibrillogenesisMiR-29 expressionFibrillar collagenImportant modulatorDependent processesLOX levelsRegulatorProductionHomeostasis
2016
Nanoparticle delivery of miR-223 to attenuate macrophage fusion
Moore LB, Sawyer AJ, Saucier-Sawyer J, Saltzman WM, Kyriakides TR. Nanoparticle delivery of miR-223 to attenuate macrophage fusion. Biomaterials 2016, 89: 127-135. PMID: 26967647, PMCID: PMC4924476, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.02.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForeign body giant cellsMiR-223 mimicsMiR-223Foreign body responseMacrophage fusionSubsequent cytoskeletal rearrangementMiR microarrayKO miceRole of microRNAsMolecular mediatorsNegative regulatorGiant cellsPrimary macrophagesFusion of macrophagesNovel mediatorPrecise mechanismFusion-competent stateTherapeutic inhibitorsBody responseMacrophagesNanoparticle deliveryImplant modelMediatorsEventual encapsulationPost-transcriptional level