TY - JOUR
T1 - Multifaceted roles of microRNAs in host-bacterial pathogen interaction
AU - Aguilar, Carmen
AU - Mano, Miguel
AU - Eulalio, Ana
N1 - Funding Information:
Work in the M.M. and A.E. laboratories on microRNAs and infection was supported by the ERA-NET Infect-ERA CampyRNA and grants from the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT, #POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029999 and IF/01105/2015).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Society for Microbiology.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a well-characterized class of small noncoding RNAs that act as major posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. Accordingly, miRNAs have been associated with a wide range of fundamental biological processes and implicated in human diseases. During the past decade, miRNAs have also been recognized for their role in the complex interplay between the host and bacterial pathogens, either as part of the host response to counteract infection or as a molecular strategy employed by bacteria to subvert host pathways for their own benefit. Importantly, the characterization of downstream miRNA targets and their underlying mechanisms of action has uncovered novel molecular factors and pathways relevant to infection. In this article, we review the current knowledge of the miRNA response to bacterial infection, focusing on different bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium spp., and Helicobacter pylori, among others.
AB - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a well-characterized class of small noncoding RNAs that act as major posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. Accordingly, miRNAs have been associated with a wide range of fundamental biological processes and implicated in human diseases. During the past decade, miRNAs have also been recognized for their role in the complex interplay between the host and bacterial pathogens, either as part of the host response to counteract infection or as a molecular strategy employed by bacteria to subvert host pathways for their own benefit. Importantly, the characterization of downstream miRNA targets and their underlying mechanisms of action has uncovered novel molecular factors and pathways relevant to infection. In this article, we review the current knowledge of the miRNA response to bacterial infection, focusing on different bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium spp., and Helicobacter pylori, among others.
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U2 - 10.1128/microbiolspec.BAI-0002-2019
DO - 10.1128/microbiolspec.BAI-0002-2019
M3 - Article
C2 - 31152522
AN - SCOPUS:85066949632
SN - 2165-0497
VL - 7
JO - Microbiology Spectrum
JF - Microbiology Spectrum
IS - 3
M1 - BAI-0002-2019
ER -
