{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Korotkov A"],"funding":["European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme","Dutch Epilepsy Foundation","European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme","European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)","European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme"],"pagination":["211"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6054845"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a chronic neurological disease, in which about 30% of patients cannot be treated adequately with anti-epileptic drugs. Brain inflammation and remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) seem to play a major role in TLE. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes largely responsible for the remodeling of the ECM. The inhibition of MMPs has been suggested as a novel therapy for epilepsy; however, available MMP inhibitors lack specificity and cause serious side effects. We studied whether MMPs could be modulated via microRNAs (miRNAs). Several miRNAs mediate inflammatory responses in the brain, which are known to control MMP expression. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an increased expression of MMPs after inter"],"journal":["Journal of neuroinflammation"],"pubmed_title":["Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinase 3 can be attenuated by inhibition of microRNA-155 in cultured human astrocytes."],"pmcid":["PMC6054845"],"funding_grant_id":["grant agreement no. 602102 (EPITARGET)","Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 642881 (ECMED)","16-05"],"pubmed_authors":["Anink JJ","Korotkov A","Baayen JC","Gorter JA","Aronica E","van Vliet EA","Broekaart DWM","Idema S","van Scheppingen J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinase 3 can be attenuated by inhibition of microRNA-155 in cultured human astrocytes.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a chronic neurological disease, in which about 30% of patients cannot be treated adequately with anti-epileptic drugs. Brain inflammation and remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) seem to play a major role in TLE. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes largely responsible for the remodeling of the ECM. The inhibition of MMPs has been suggested as a novel therapy for epilepsy; however, available MMP inhibitors lack specificity and cause serious side effects. We studied whether MMPs could be modulated via microRNAs (miRNAs). Several miRNAs mediate inflammatory responses in the brain, which are known to control MMP expression. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an increased expression of MMPs after inter","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jul","modification":"2025-04-18T18:14:57.671Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:47:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6054845","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30031401"],"doi":["10.1186/s12974-018-1245-y"]}}