Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

MicroRNA-34a dependent regulation of AXL controls the activation of dendritic cells in inflammatory arthritis

  • Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska,
  • Stefano Alivernini,
  • Emma Garcia Melchor,
  • Aziza Elmesmari,
  • Barbara Tolusso,
  • Clare Tange,
  • Luca Petricca,
  • Derek S. Gilchrist,
  • Gabriele Di Sante,
  • Chantal Keijzer,
  • Lynn Stewart,
  • Clara Di Mario,
  • Vicky Morrison,
  • James M. Brewer,
  • Duncan Porter,
  • Simon Milling,
  • Ronald D. Baxter,
  • David McCarey,
  • Elisa Gremese,
  • Greg Lemke,
  • Gianfranco Ferraccioli,
  • Charles McSharry,
  • Iain B. McInnes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15877
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Axl is a TAM receptor that can inhibit Toll-like receptor (TLR) -induced pro-inflammatory production by dendritic cells (DC). Here the authors show that miR-34a targets Axl to control CD1c+ DC activity in mice, and that miR-34a-deficient mice are resistant to collagen-induced arthritis, whereas DCs from patients with rheumatoid arthritis have high levels of miR- 34a.