A bioinformatics analysis of exosomal microRNAs released following mycobacterial infection
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Author(s)
Alipoor, Shamila D
Adcock, Ian M
Folkerts, Gert
Garssen, Johan
Mortaz, Esmaeil
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) still remains a major health threat worldwide. The current TB diagnostics are suboptimal, and there is a high clinical need for identifying novel biomarkers of disease prevalence. Circulating exosomes have been currently attractive as novel biomarkers in a wide range of pathological conditions. Methods: In this study, we performed bioinformatics analysis on the downstream targets of a dysregulated microRNA (miRNA) cluster induced by Bacillus Calmette–Guerin infection of human macrophages to provide greater understanding of their potential roles in disease pathogenesis. Results: Our analysis demonstrated that these dysregulated miRNAs have central roles in the host metabolic and energy pathways. Conclusion: This suggests that the host miRNA network is perturbed by Mycobacterium to re-patterning host metabolism machinery to favor its intracellular survival. The dysregulated miRNAs can be delivered to local and distal cells by exosomes and thereby modulate their function.
Date Issued
2019-09-12
Date Acceptance
2019-06-27
Citation
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2019, 8 (3), pp.218-222
ISSN
2212-5531
Publisher
Medknow Publications
Start Page
218
End Page
222
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Volume
8
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2019 International Journal of Mycobacteriology. Published by Wolters Kluwer ‑ Medknow. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial‑ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non‑commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Mycology
Clusters
exosomal
microRNAs
tuberculosis
EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES
EXPRESSION
BIOMARKERS
MIRNAS
COMPLEXITY
CANCER
GENES
CELLS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
PMID 31512596
Date Publish Online
2019-09-12