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 …

Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults

Z Kovarik, G Moshitzky, N Maček Hrvat… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of
acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators …

MicroRNA-298 reduces levels of human amyloid-β precursor protein (APP), β-site APP-converting enzyme 1 (BACE1) and specific tau protein moieties

N Chopra, R Wang, B Maloney, K Nho, JS Beck… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related form of dementia, associated with
deposition of intracellular neuronal tangles consisting primarily of hyperphosphorylated …

MicroRNA-335-5p suppresses voltage-gated sodium channel expression and may be a target for seizure control

M Heiland, NMC Connolly, O Mamad… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
There remains an urgent need for new therapies for treatment-resistant epilepsy. Sodium
channel blockers are effective for seizure control in common forms of epilepsy, but loss of …

MiR-211 protects cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting cell apoptosis

W Liu, Y Miao, L Zhang, X Xu, Q Luan - Bioengineered, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as critical regulators of neuronal survival during
cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. Accumulating evidence has shown that miR-211 plays …

microRNA‐132 is overexpressed in glia in temporal lobe epilepsy and reduces the expression of pro‐epileptogenic factors in human cultured astrocytes

A Korotkov, DWM Broekaart, L Banchaewa, B Pustjens… - Glia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a chronic neurological disease in humans, which is
refractory to pharmacological treatment in about 30% of the patients. Reactive glial cells are …

Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of epilepsy: electromagnetic stimulation–mediated neuromodulation therapy and new technologies

D Jiao, L Xu, Z Gu, H Yan, D Shen… - Neural Regeneration …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Epilepsy is a severe, relapsing, and multifactorial neurological disorder. Studies regarding
the accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and in-depth pathogenesis are crucial for the precise and …

The microRNA-211-5p/P2RX7/ERK/GPX4 axis regulates epilepsy-associated neuronal ferroptosis and oxidative stress

X Li, P Quan, Y Si, F Liu, Y Fan, F Ding, L Sun… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent cell death mechanism involving the accumulation of lipid
peroxides. As a critical regulator, glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) has been demonstrated …

SMAD4 feedback regulates the canonical TGF-β signaling pathway to control granulosa cell apoptosis

X Du, Z Pan, Q Li, H Liu, Q Li - Cell Death & Disease, 2018 - nature.com
Canonical TGF-β signals are transduced from the cell surface to the cytoplasm, and then
translocated into the nucleus, a process that involves ligands (TGF-β1), receptors …

The complex interplay between DNA methylation and miRNAs in gene expression regulation

A Fuso, T Raia, M Orticello, M Lucarelli - Biochimie, 2020 - Elsevier
The short, non-coding RNAs, also called microRNAs (miRNAs) can bind complementary
sequences on cellular mRNAs. The consequence of this binding is generally the …