2017
Modified mesenchymal stem cells using miRNA transduction alter lung injury in a bleomycin model
Huleihel L, Sellares J, Cardenes N, Álvarez D, Faner R, Sakamoto K, Yu G, Kapetanaki MG, Kaminski N, Rojas M. Modified mesenchymal stem cells using miRNA transduction alter lung injury in a bleomycin model. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2017, 313: l92-l103. PMID: 28385811, PMCID: PMC5538868, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00323.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiomarkersBleomycinBone Marrow CellsCollagenCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksHumansInterleukin-6Leukocyte Common AntigensLung InjuryMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationMesenchymal Stem CellsMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsRNA, MessengerSurvival AnalysisTransduction, GeneticTransfectionWeight LossConceptsBone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cellsMesenchymal stem cellsLung fibrosisLate administrationBleomycin modelMiR-154Different preclinical modelsStem cellsCD45-positive cellsMurine bleomycin modelMarrow-derived mesenchymal stem cellsInitial weight lossLower survival rateAshcroft scoreLung injuryBleomycin instillationFibrotic changesCytokine expressionMice groupsLung tissueOH-prolinePreclinical modelsProtective effectTreatment groupsSurvival rate
2013
Expression of Regulatory Platelet MicroRNAs in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Jain S, Kapetanaki MG, Raghavachari N, Woodhouse K, Yu G, Barge S, Coronnello C, Benos PV, Kato GJ, Kaminski N, Gladwin MT. Expression of Regulatory Platelet MicroRNAs in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e60932. PMID: 23593351, PMCID: PMC3625199, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnemia, Sickle CellBlood PlateletsCell LineChromosomes, Human, Pair 14Computational BiologyDown-RegulationFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGenomic ImprintingHumansHydroxyureaMaleMegakaryocytesMicroRNAsMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence AnnotationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsTricuspid Valve InsufficiencyUp-RegulationYoung AdultConceptsMiRNA expression profilesExpression profilesMRNA targetsSignificant transcriptional repressionPlatelet miRNAsPost-transcriptional regulationMiRNA target sequencesComputational prediction analysisAltered miRNA expression profilesMRNA expression profilesExpression of miRNAsAgilent miRNA microarrayTranscriptional repressionPlatelet transcriptomeBiological pathwaysDownregulated miRNAsMiRNAsPlatelet transcriptsMiRNA microarrayPlatelet microRNAsTarget sequenceMiR-376aMiR-376QRT-PCRMiR-154
2012
Profibrotic Role of miR-154 in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Milosevic J, Pandit K, Magister M, Rabinovich E, Ellwanger DC, Yu G, Vuga LJ, Weksler B, Benos PV, Gibson KF, McMillan M, Kahn M, Kaminski N. Profibrotic Role of miR-154 in Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2012, 47: 879-887. PMID: 23043088, PMCID: PMC3547095, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0377oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCase-Control StudiesCell MovementCell ProliferationCells, CulturedChromosomes, Human, Pair 14Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15FibroblastsGene ExpressionHumansLungMicroRNAsMultigene FamilyOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPulmonary FibrosisRNA InterferenceTranscriptomeTransforming Growth Factor beta1Wnt Signaling PathwayConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisNormal human lung fibroblastsMiR-154IPF lungsPulmonary fibrosisIPF fibroblastsProgressive interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseWnt/β-catenin pathwayHuman lung fibroblastsΒ-catenin pathwayTGF-β1 stimulationBinding of Smad3Quantitative RT-PCRLung diseaseProfibrotic roleExpression of microRNAsICG-001MiR-134Unknown originMiR-382MiR-487bProliferative effectLung fibroblastsMiR-410