Role of microRNAs in Hepatic Stellate Cells and Hepatic Fibrosis: An Update. 2021

Sai Zhu, and Xin Chen, and Yu Chen, and Xiao-Feng Li, and Si-Yu Chen, and Juan-Juan Li, and Ao Wang, and Cheng Huang, and Jun Li
Anhui Province Laboratory of Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate the expression of targets genes by binding to the 3'-untranslated regions. They play vital roles in diverse biological processes, including the development of hepatic fibrosis (HF). HF is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are considered a major cell type for producing ECM. Alteration of the HSC phenotype plays a crucial role in the HF pathological process. MiRNAs involved in various biological process, such as differentiation, apoptosis, migration, and their relevant signaling pathways, are expressed in HSCs; however, emerging evidence indicates that numerous miRNAs are abnormally expressed in activated HSCs. In this review, we summarize the categorization of miRNAs in HF and describe the relationships among them. We also discuss miRNAs recently discovered to be related to HF, and attempt to find potential miRNAs that may serve as novel biomarkers for use in HF treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008103 Liver Cirrhosis Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules. Cirrhosis, Liver,Fibrosis, Liver,Hepatic Cirrhosis,Liver Fibrosis,Cirrhosis, Hepatic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017209 Apoptosis A regulated cell death mechanism characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, including the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA, at regularly spaced, internucleosomal sites, i.e., DNA FRAGMENTATION. It is genetically programmed and serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth. Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway,Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway,Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis,Classic Apoptosis,Classical Apoptosis,Programmed Cell Death,Programmed Cell Death, Type I,Apoptoses, Extrinsic Pathway,Apoptoses, Intrinsic Pathway,Apoptosis, Caspase-Dependent,Apoptosis, Classic,Apoptosis, Classical,Caspase Dependent Apoptosis,Cell Death, Programmed,Classic Apoptoses,Extrinsic Pathway Apoptoses,Extrinsic Pathway Apoptosis,Intrinsic Pathway Apoptoses,Intrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
D049109 Cell Proliferation All of the processes involved in increasing CELL NUMBER including CELL DIVISION. Cell Growth in Number,Cellular Proliferation,Cell Multiplication,Cell Number Growth,Growth, Cell Number,Multiplication, Cell,Number Growth, Cell,Proliferation, Cell,Proliferation, Cellular
D055166 Hepatic Stellate Cells Perisinusoidal cells of the liver, located in the space of Disse between HEPATOCYTES and sinusoidal endothelial cells. Ito Cells,Cell, Hepatic Stellate,Cells, Hepatic Stellate,Cells, Ito,Hepatic Stellate Cell,Stellate Cell, Hepatic,Stellate Cells, Hepatic
D035683 MicroRNAs Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs, 21-25 nucleotides in length generated from single-stranded microRNA gene transcripts by the same RIBONUCLEASE III, Dicer, that produces small interfering RNAs (RNA, SMALL INTERFERING). They become part of the RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX and repress the translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) of target RNA by binding to homologous 3'UTR region as an imperfect match. The small temporal RNAs (stRNAs), let-7 and lin-4, from C. elegans, are the first 2 miRNAs discovered, and are from a class of miRNAs involved in developmental timing. RNA, Small Temporal,Small Temporal RNA,miRNA,stRNA,Micro RNA,MicroRNA,Primary MicroRNA,Primary miRNA,miRNAs,pre-miRNA,pri-miRNA,MicroRNA, Primary,RNA, Micro,Temporal RNA, Small,miRNA, Primary,pre miRNA,pri miRNA

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