articleHepatologyAug 5, 2008BRONZE OA

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is associated with altered hepatic MicroRNA expression

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center · Lone Star College · +1 more institution

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Abstract

UNLABELLED: The expression of microRNA in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and their role in the genesis of NASH are not known. The aims of this study were to: (1) identify differentially expressed microRNAs in human NASH, (2) tabulate their potential targets, and (3) define the effect of a specific differentially expressed microRNA, miR-122, on its targets and compare these effects with the pattern of expression of these targets in human NASH. The expression of 474 human microRNAs was compared in subjects with the metabolic syndrome and NASH versus controls with normal liver histology. Differentially expressed microRNAs were identified by the muParaflo microRNA microarray assay and validated using…

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Keywords
  • microRNA
  • Gene silencing
  • Biology
  • Steatohepatitis
  • Real-time polymerase chain reaction
  • Microarray
  • Gene expression
  • Molecular biology
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