The macrophage-osteoclast axis in osteoimmunity and osteo-related diseases

Y Yao, X Cai, F Ren, Y Ye, F Wang, C Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Osteoimmunity is involved in regulating the balance of bone remodeling and resorption, and
is essential for maintaining normal bone morphology. The interaction between immune cells …

MicroRNAs as regulatory elements in immune system logic

A Mehta, D Baltimore - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are crucial post-transcriptional regulators of haematopoietic cell fate
decisions. They act by negatively regulating the expression of key immune development …

Reversal of osteoporotic activity by endothelial cell-secreted bone targeting and biocompatible exosomes

H Song, X Li, Z Zhao, J Qian, Y Wang, J Cui… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Exosomes, also known as extracellular vesicles, are naturally occurring, biocompatible, and
bioacive nanoparticles ranging from 40 to 150 nm in diameter. Bone-secreted exosomes …

Macrophages: development and tissue specialization

C Varol, A Mildner, S Jung - Annual review of immunology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Macrophages are myeloid immune cells that are strategically positioned throughout the
body tissues, where they ingest and degrade dead cells, debris, and foreign material and …

An NF-κB-microRNA regulatory network tunes macrophage inflammatory responses

M Mann, A Mehta, JL Zhao, K Lee, GK Marinov… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The innate inflammatory response must be tightly regulated to ensure effective immune
protection. NF-κB is a key mediator of the inflammatory response, and its dysregulation has …

Chemical modification and design of anti-miRNA oligonucleotides

KA Lennox, MA Behlke - Gene therapy, 2011 - nature.com
Antisense techniques have been employed for over 30 years to suppress expression of
target RNAs. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as a new class of small, non …

MicroRNA control of bone formation and homeostasis

JB Lian, GS Stein, AJ Van Wijnen, JL Stein… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) repress cellular protein levels to provide a sophisticated parameter of
gene regulation that coordinates a broad spectrum of biological processes. Bone …

miR-214 promotes osteoclastogenesis by targeting Pten/PI3k/Akt pathway

C Zhao, W Sun, P Zhang, S Ling, Y Li, D Zhao… - RNA biology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
microRNA is necessary for osteoclast differentiation, function and survival. It has been
reported that miR-199/214 cluster plays important roles in vertebrate skeletal development …

Tumor-induced osteoclast miRNA changes as regulators and biomarkers of osteolytic bone metastasis

B Ell, L Mercatali, T Ibrahim, N Campbell… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Understanding the mechanism by which tumor cells influence osteoclast differentiation is
crucial for improving treatment of osteolytic metastasis. Here, we report broad microRNA …

Mechanistic insights into microRNA-mediated gene silencing

TF Duchaine, MR Fabian - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) posttranscriptionally regulate gene expression by repressing protein
synthesis and exert a broad influence over development, physiology, adaptation, and …