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An Expanded Role for HLA Genes: HLA-B Encodes a microRNA that Regulates IgA and Other Immune Response Transcripts

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in immunology, May 2017
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Title
An Expanded Role for HLA Genes: HLA-B Encodes a microRNA that Regulates IgA and Other Immune Response Transcripts
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Frontiers in immunology, May 2017
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00583
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Authors

Nilesh Chitnis, Peter M. Clark, Malek Kamoun, Catherine Stolle, F. Brad Johnson, Dimitri S. Monos

Abstract

We describe a novel functional role for the HLA-B locus mediated by its intron-encoded microRNA (miRNA), miR-6891-5p. We show that in vitro inhibition of miR-6891-5p impacts the expression of nearly 200 transcripts within the B-lymphoblastoid cell line (B-LCL) COX, affecting a large number of metabolic pathways, including various immune response networks. The top affected transcripts following miR-6891-5p inhibition are those encoding the heavy chain of IgA. We identified a conserved miR-6891-5p target site on the 3'UTR of both immunoglobulin heavy chain alpha 1 and 2 (IGHA1 and IGHA2) transcripts and demonstrated that this miRNA modulates the expression of IGHA1 and IGHA2. B-LCLs from IgA-deficient patients expressed significantly elevated levels of miR-6891-5p when compared with unaffected family members. Upon inhibition of miR-6891-5p, IgA mRNA expression levels were increased, and IgA secretion was restored in the B-LCL of an IgA-deficient patient. These findings indicate that miR-6891-5p regulates IGHA1 and IGHA2 gene expression at the posttranscriptional level and suggest that increase in miR-6891-5p levels may contribute to the etiology of selective IgA deficiency.

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Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 28%
Student > Bachelor 5 16%
Other 3 9%
Student > Master 3 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 6%
Other 5 16%
Unknown 5 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 47%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 7 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2018.
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#6,375,394
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#109
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