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SUBMITTER: Mehta MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4097432 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mehta Manali D MD Liu Philip T PT
Frontiers in genetics 20140715
As the role of microRNA in all aspects of biology continues to be unraveled, the interplay between microRNAs and human disease is becoming clearer. It should come of no surprise that microRNAs play a major part in the outcome of infectious diseases, since early work has implicated microRNAs as regulators of the immune response. Here, we provide a review on how microRNAs influence the course of mycobacterial infections, which cause two of humanity's most ancient infectious diseases: tuberculosis ...[more]