Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Bone protection by inhibition of microRNA-182

  • Kazuki Inoue,
  • Zhonghao Deng,
  • Yufan Chen,
  • Eugenia Giannopoulou,
  • Ren Xu,
  • Shiaoching Gong,
  • Matthew B. Greenblatt,
  • Lingegowda S. Mangala,
  • Gabriel Lopez-Berestein,
  • David G. Kirsch,
  • Anil K. Sood,
  • Liang Zhao,
  • Baohong Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06446-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Osteoclasts mediate bone disruption in a number of degenerative bone diseases. Here, the authors show that miR-182 regulates osteoclastogenesis via PKR and IFN-beta signaling, is correlated with rheumatoid arthritis, and that its ablation or inhibition is protective against bone erosion in mouse models of osteoporosis or inflammatory arthritis.