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Nature Research, Nature Immunology, 12(15), p. 1162-1170, 2014

DOI: 10.1038/ni.3026

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A microRNA upregulated in asthma airway T cells promotes TH2 cytokine production

Journal article published in 2014 by Laura J. Simpson, Sana Patel, Nirav R. Bhakta, David F. Choy, Hans D. Brightbill, Xin Ren, Yanli Wang, Heather H. Pua, Dirk Baumjohann ORCID, Misty M. Montoya, Marisella Panduro, Kelly A. Remedios, Xiaozhu Huang, John V. Fahy, Joseph R. Arron ORCID and other authors.
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Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) exert powerful effects on immunological function by tuning networks of target genes that orchestrate cell activity. We sought to identify miRNAs and miRNA-regulated pathways that control the type 2 helper T cell (TH2 cell) responses that drive pathogenic inflammation in asthma. Profiling miRNA expression in human airway-infiltrating T cells revealed elevated expression of the miRNA miR-19a in asthma. Modulating miR-19 activity altered TH2 cytokine production in both human and mouse T cells, and TH2 cell responses were markedly impaired in cells lacking the entire miR-17∼92 cluster. miR-19 promoted TH2 cytokine production and amplified inflammatory signaling by direct targeting of the inositol phosphatase PTEN, the signaling inhibitor SOCS1 and the deubiquitinase A20. Thus, upregulation of miR-19a in asthma may be an indicator and a cause of increased TH2 cytokine production in the airways.