Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

MicroRNA-146a limits tumorigenic inflammation in colorectal cancer

  • Lucien P. Garo,
  • Amrendra K. Ajay,
  • Mai Fujiwara,
  • Galina Gabriely,
  • Radhika Raheja,
  • Chantal Kuhn,
  • Brendan Kenyon,
  • Nathaniel Skillin,
  • Ryoko Kadowaki-Saga,
  • Shrishti Saxena,
  • Gopal Murugaiyan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22641-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Activation of interleukin-17 (IL-17) receptor signaling within intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) promotes colorectal cancer development. Here, the authors show that miR-146a limits inflammation-induced colorectal carcinogenesis by inhibiting both IL-17 induction from myeloid cells and inhibiting IL-17R signaling within IECs.