Discovery of MicroRNAs and Their Target Genes Related to Drought in Paulownia “Yuza 1” by High-Throughput Sequencing by Minjie Deng, Yabing Cao, Zhenli Zhao, Lu Yang, Yanfang Zhang, Yanpeng Dong, Guoqiang Fan

“…Furthermore, the expression levels of seven miRNAs (ptf-miR157b, ptf-miR159b, ptf-miR398a, ptf-miR9726a, ptf-M2153, ptf-M2218, and ptf-M24a) and their corresponding target genes were validated by quantitative real-time PCR. …”
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Improved Therapeutic Effect of Puerarin-Encapsulated PEG-PLGA Nanoparticle on an In Vitro Cerebral Infarction Model by Lei Li, Yan Li, Cheng Miao, Rui Liu

“…The BCEC/TF cell model was identified by immunofluorescence; the protein expression was detected by western blotting; the expression level of miR-424 in cells was measured by RT-qPCR; the targeting relationship between miR-424 and PDCD4 was confirmed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. …”
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Study on the Correlation between Interleukin-27 and CXCL10 in Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Jiahui Fan, Yefeng Yang, Liang Wang, Xiaoqian Shang, Li Zhang, Hu Sun, Yujie Ma, Ying Li, Jing Wang, Xiumin Ma

“…Key molecules such as has-let-7b-5p, has-miR-30a-3p, and has-miR-320b were screened out. …”
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Triptolide Inhibits Th17 Response by Upregulating microRNA-204-5p and Suppressing STAT3 Phosphorylation in Psoriasis by Qi He, Xingyue Wu, Quan Shi

“…Moreover, miR-204-5p directly targeted STAT3 in HaCaT cells. …”
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Magnetic Nanoparticle Based Nonviral MicroRNA Delivery into Freshly Isolated CD105+ hMSCs by Anna Schade, Paula Müller, Evgenya Delyagina, Natalia Voronina, Anna Skorska, Cornelia Lux, Gustav Steinhoff, Robert David

“…Therefore, we aimed to develop a nonviral miR carrier based on polyethylenimine (PEI) bound to magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for efficient miR delivery in freshly isolated hMSCs. …”
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Circulating miRNA-125b Is a Potential Biomarker Predicting Response to Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Isabelle Duroux-Richard, Yves-Marie Pers, Sylvie Fabre, Meryem Ammari, Dominique Baeten, Guillaume Cartron, Isabelle Touitou, Christian Jorgensen, Florence Apparailly

“…Our results identify circulating miR-125b as a novel miRNA over expressed in RA and suggest that serum level of miR-125b is potential predictive biomarker of response to rituximab treatment.…”
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The MicroRNA-106a/20b Strongly Enhances the Antitumour Immune Responses of Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Glioma Stem Cells by Targeting STAT3 by Hui Zhou, Chengmei Sun, Cong Li, Shiting Hua, Feng Li, Ruichun Li, Dongpeng Cai, Yuxi Zou, Yingqian Cai, Xiaodan Jiang

“…We found that the levels of miR-106a/20b were downregulated, but the expression of STAT3 was significantly upregulated. …”
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Total Glucosides of Paeony Alleviate Cell Apoptosis and Inflammation by Targeting the Long Noncoding RNA XIST/MicroRNA-124-3p/ITGB1 Axis in Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Fang Chen, Yi Hu, Yuetao Xie, Zonghui Zhao, Lin Ma, Zhili Li, Wanlong Tan

“…Moreover, XIST was competitively bound to miR-124-3p, and ITGB1 was a target of miR-124-3p. miR-124-3p overexpression or ITGB1 inhibition rescued the reduction effect on viability and mitigated the promoting effects on cell apoptosis and inflammation caused by XIST overexpression in H/R-treated renal cells. …”
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Improved Predictability of Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Serum‐ and Tissue‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles From Bulk mRNA Sequencing in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Qian Zhu, Zhang Chen, Ming Tian, Xin Yan, Xiangdong Gongye, Zhicheng Liu, Anbang Zhao, Zhiyong Yang, Yufeng Yuan

“…Results The combination of miR142‐3p, miR148a‐3p, and CA199 showed a higher AUC (0.747) compared to CA199 alone (0.716) in ROC curve analysis. …”
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RETRACTED: Long non‐coding RNA Sox2OT promotes coronary microembolization‐induced myocardial injury by mediating pyroptosis by Liying Xuan, Danni Fu, Dong Zhen, Dongsong Bai, Lijun Yu, Guohua Gong

“…In addition, miR‐23b overexpression could supplement the cytosolic miR‐23b reserves to target TLR‐4 and partially reverse Sox2OT‐mediated pyroptosis in LPS‐treated H9C2 cells. …”
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Different expression of circulating microRNA profile in tibetan OSAHS with metabolic syndrome patients by Xue-feng Shi, Xiang He, Ze-rui Sun, Jie Duo, Hao Yang

“…We identified IKBKB, PIK3R1, and MAP2K1 as the target genes most associated with Mets pathogenesis in OSAHS, regulated by miR-503-5p, miR-497-5p, and miR-497-5p, respectively. …”
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Genome-Wide Expression of MicroRNAs Is Regulated by DNA Methylation in Hepatocarcinogenesis by Jing Shen, Shuang Wang, Abby B. Siegel, Helen Remotti, Qiao Wang, Iryna Sirosh, Regina M. Santella

“…These data suggest that the expressions of miR-125b and miR-199a are dramatically regulated by DNA hypermethylation that plays a key role in hepatocarcinogenesis.…”
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Regulation of UCP1 in the Browning of Epididymal Adipose Tissue by β3-Adrenergic Agonist: A Role for MicroRNAs by Zongji Zheng, Xiaomeng Liu, Qianwei Zhao, Lei Zhang, Chenzhong Li, Yaoming Xue

“…Furthermore, potential UCP1-targeting miR-9 and miR-338-3p in epididymal adipose tissue were significantly decreased in CL316243 group. …”
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Analyzing the cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios and health expenditures in the aging population: a 20-year comparative study across high-income countries by Majed Ramadan, Shadell AlGhamdi, Rawiah Alsiary

“…A generalized linear model was employed to examine the association between MIR, and health expenditures and health development index score.ResultsIncluded countries showed a statistically significant negative association between MIR and both HE, and HE, indicating that higher HDI and HE are associated with decreased MIR with the highest decrease was for China, the coefficient for HDI is −1.29 (95% CI: –1.35 to −1.24, p < 0.0001), the coefficient for HE is −0.103 (95% CI: –0.17 to −0.03, p < 0.0001). …”
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Computational identification and experimental validation of novel Saccharum officinarum microRNAs along with their targets through RT-PCR approach by Abdul Baqi, Samiullah, Jadoon Khan, Asma Sadiq, Yousaf Khan, Shahid Ali, Syed Nadeem ul Hassan Mohani, Naqeebullah Khan, Tawaf Ali Shah, Khalid S. Almaary, Youssouf Ali Younous, Mohammed Bourhia

“…Similarly, the sof-miR7768b and sof-miR6249b monitor the pathogenesis-related protein and zinc finger, C2H2 type protein, which assist as transcription factors. …”
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Tissue-specific effects of benzo[a]pyrene and DDT on microRNA expression profile in female rats by D. S. Ushakov, T. S. Kalinina, A. S. Dorozhkova, V. Y. Ovchinnikov, L. F. Gulyaeva

“…Using in silico methods, an analysis of the rat genome was carried out to find microRNAs putatively regulated by AhR (aryl hydrocarbon receptor) and CAR (constitutive androstane receptor), activated by BP and DDT, respectively. In particular, miR-3577 and -193b were selected as potentially regulated CAR, miR-207 was selected as a candidate for miR under AhR regulation. …”
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MicroRNA-1 Inhibits the Growth of Breast Cancer Cells MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 Treated with Hydatid Cyst Fluid by Hadis Jafari, Mahmoud Mahami-Oskouei, Adel Spotin, Behzad Baradaran, Dariush Shanehbandi, Amir Baghbanzadeh, Zahra Alizadeh

“…In addition, the expression level of miR-1 in HCF-treated and untreated breast cancer cells was analyzed using qRT-PCR. …”
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Research on Correlations of lncRNA ST7-AS1 with Progression and Therapeutic Targets of Esophageal Cancer by Xiao Lin, Sijia Sun, JiWen Zhang, Yan Cai, Quan Cheng

“…Mechanistically, ST7-AS1 acted as a sponge for miR-4262, affecting the progression of esophageal cancer. …”
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Isolation and study of biological properties of <i>Bordetella bronchiseptica</i>-specific bacteriophages by T. A. Kochetova, V. V. Yuskevich, G. T. Sadykova, V. M. Popova

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Determining the Potential Roles of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in the Regulation of Muscle Growth in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Based on Transcriptome and MicroRNA Sequencing by Xianglin Cao, Han Cui, Xinyu Ji, Baohua Li, Ronghua Lu, Yuru Zhang, Jianjun Chen

“…Our findings revealed the role of atg5, map1lc3c, ctsl, cdc53, psma6, psme2, myl9, and mylk in skeletal muscle growth, protein synthesis, and catabolic metabolism. Furthermore, miR-135c, miR-192, miR-194, and miR-203a may play key roles in maintaining the normal activities of the organism by regulating genes related to muscle growth, protein synthesis, and catabolism. …”
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