Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Circulating exosomes suppress the induction of regulatory T cells via let-7i in multiple sclerosis

  • Kimitoshi Kimura,
  • Hirohiko Hohjoh,
  • Masashi Fukuoka,
  • Wakiro Sato,
  • Shinji Oki,
  • Chiharu Tomi,
  • Hiromi Yamaguchi,
  • Takayuki Kondo,
  • Ryosuke Takahashi,
  • Takashi Yamamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02406-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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MiRNAs are small RNA molecules that can regulate gene expression. Here the authors show that expression of several exosomal miRNAs are altered in patients with multiple sclerosis, and that let-7i modulates regulatory T cell homeostasis to contribute to pathogenesis.