Adult-specific functions of animal microRNAs

K Sun, EC Lai - Nature reviews genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are~ 22 nt RNAs that coordinate vast regulatory networks in
animals and thereby influence myriad processes. This Review examines evidence that …

The long noncoding RNA NRF regulates programmed necrosis and myocardial injury during ischemia and reperfusion by targeting miR-873

K Wang, F Liu, CY Liu, T An, J Zhang, LY Zhou… - Cell Death & …, 2016 - nature.com
Emerging evidences suggest that necrosis is programmed and is one of the main forms of
cell death in the pathological process in cardiac diseases. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) …

MicroRNAs as regulators of brain function and targets for treatment of epilepsy

GP Brennan, DC Henshall - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Seizures result from hypersynchronous, abnormal firing of neuronal populations and are the
primary clinical symptom of the epilepsies. Brain tissue from animal models and patients …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs shape the neuronal landscape

E McNeill, D Van Vactor - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
The nervous system equips us with capability to adapt to many conditions and
circumstances. We rely on an armamentarium of intricately formed neural circuits for many of …

Blockade of the IL-1R1/TLR4 pathway mediates disease-modification therapeutic effects in a model of acquired epilepsy

V Iori, AM Iyer, T Ravizza, L Beltrame, L Paracchini… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
We recently discovered that forebrain activation of the IL-1 receptor/Toll-like receptor (IL-
1R1/TLR4) innate immunity signal plays a pivotal role in neuronal hyperexcitability …

Animal models of acquired epilepsy: insights into mechanisms of human epileptogenesis

AJ Becker - Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In many patients who suffer from epilepsies, recurrent epileptic seizures do not start at birth
but develop later in life. This holds particularly true for epilepsies with a focal seizure origin …

Deep sequencing reveals increased DNA methylation in chronic rat epilepsy

K Kobow, A Kaspi, KN Harikrishnan, K Kiese… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Epilepsy is a frequent neurological disorder, although onset and progression of seizures
remain difficult to predict in affected patients, irrespective of their epileptogenic condition …

Differential DNA methylation profiles of coding and non-coding genes define hippocampal sclerosis in human temporal lobe epilepsy

SFC Miller-Delaney, K Bryan, S Das, RC McKiernan… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with large-scale, wide-ranging changes in gene
expression in the hippocampus. Epigenetic changes to DNA are attractive mechanisms to …

MicroRNA expression profile of the hippocampus in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy and miR-34a-targeted neuroprotection against hippocampal neurone cell …

K Hu, YY Xie, C Zhang, DS Ouyang, HY Long… - BMC neuroscience, 2012 - Springer
Background The expression pattern and function of miRNAs in the rat model of temporal
lobe epilepsy have not been well defined. Profiling miRNA expression in the rat model of …

Transient inhibition of TrkB kinase after status epilepticus prevents development of temporal lobe epilepsy

G Liu, B Gu, XP He, RB Joshi, HD Wackerle… - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common and often devastating form of human epilepsy.
The molecular mechanism underlying the development of temporal lobe epilepsy remains …