Expression Alterations and Correlative Analysis of TPH1/hsa-miR-194-5p/NEAT1 and MAOA/hsa-miR-1276/NEAT1 Axes in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (pIBD), comprising ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), involves complex mechanisms that include non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), alongside enzymes regulating serotonin metabolism. Tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (TPH1) and monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) play critical roles in serotonin turnover and may contribute to intestinal inflammation. We investigated the expression of TPH1, MAOA, hsa-miR-194-5p, hsa-miR-1276, and the lncRNA Nuclear Enriched Abundant Transcript 1 (NEAT1) in intestinal tissue biopsies and peripheral blood from pIBD patients and controls. TPH1 was significantly elevated in the inflamed transverse colon (p = 0.034), whereas MAOA was reduced in the ileum (p = 0.04

SUBMITTER: Kiziltug MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12732696 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature