Distinct microRNA expression profiles in follicle-associated epithelium and villous epithelium.

ABSTRACT: M cells in follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) covering intestinal lymphoid follicles serve as a portal of entry for particulate antigens (Kanaya and Ohno, 2014 [1]). Despite their biological significance, molecular mechanisms that govern M-cell differentiation and function have not been fully elucidated. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have a role to control host gene expression profiles that modulate cellular physiology and characteristic. Many studies have shown that miRNAs regulate diverse biological processes including developmental timing, differentiation and growth control of cells and tissues (Ivey and Srivastava, 2010 [2]). miRNAs are also relevant to differentiation and function of intestinal epithelium (McKenna et al., 2010 [3]; Runtsch et al., 2014 [4]). Expression profiles and functions o

SUBMITTER: Nakato G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583698 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature