miR-186-5p

There are 3 papers on miR-186-5p in aging research: 2 observational studies in people, 1 in animals.

Biomarker

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“A negative association was observed between SIRT6 mRNA and miR-186-5p (rs = -0.25, p = 0.026)”
Age-related epigenetic drift deregulates SIRT6 expression and affects its downstream genes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cellsEpigenetics2020doi:10.1080/15592294.2020.1780081
  • Humans2
  • Animals1

Effects

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IFNA2

downin human cells1

1 study
  1. miR-186-5p inhibits IFNA2 in human cells (luciferase assays).

    “luciferase assays confirmed IFNA2 as a direct target of miR-186-5p.”

    Cellsluciferase assays

    Plasma EV miR-186-5p as an Early Biomarker and Regulator of IFN-α-Mediated Oxidative and β-Cell Dysfunction in Prediabetes

    Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

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Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion

upin human cells1

1 study
  1. miR-186-5p improves glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells exposed to glucolipotoxic stress.

    “Restoration of miR-186-5p or pharmacologic JAK inhibition mitigated these defects”

    Cellsin pancreatic β-cells exposed to glucolipotoxic stress

    Plasma EV miR-186-5p as an Early Biomarker and Regulator of IFN-α-Mediated Oxidative and β-Cell Dysfunction in Prediabetes

    Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

Oxidative stress and ROS signaling

downin human cells1

1 study
  1. miR-186-5p decreases oxidative stress and ROS signaling in pancreatic β-cells exposed to glucolipotoxic stress.

    “Restoration of miR-186-5p or pharmacologic JAK inhibition mitigated these defects”

    Cellsin pancreatic β-cells exposed to glucolipotoxic stress

    Plasma EV miR-186-5p as an Early Biomarker and Regulator of IFN-α-Mediated Oxidative and β-Cell Dysfunction in Prediabetes

    Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

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Upstream

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Prediabetes

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1 study
  1. Prediabetes are linked with lower miR-186-5p in prediabetes.

    “Six EV miRNAs, including miR-186-5p, were consistently reduced in prediabetes and correlated with glycemic and insulin resistance indices.”

    Humansin prediabetes

    Plasma EV miR-186-5p as an Early Biomarker and Regulator of IFN-α-Mediated Oxidative and β-Cell Dysfunction in Prediabetes

    Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

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Associations

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SIRT6

downin humans1

1 study
  1. miR-186-5p is associated with SIRT6 in humans (rs = -0.25).

    “A negative association was observed between SIRT6 mRNA and miR-186-5p (rs = -0.25, p = 0.026)”

    Humansperipheral blood mononuclear cells

    Age-related epigenetic drift deregulates SIRT6 expression and affects its downstream genes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

    Epigenetics

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