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SUBMITTER: Ong J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6829537 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ong Jennie J van den Berg Anke A Faiz Alen A Boudewijn Ilse M IM Timens Wim W Vermeulen Cornelis J CJ Oliver Brian G BG Kok Klaas K Terpstra Martijn M MM van den Berge Maarten M Brandsma Corry-Anke CA Kluiver Joost J
International journal of molecular sciences 20191018 20
Cigarette smoking causes lung inflammation and tissue damage. Lung fibroblasts play a major role in tissue repair. Previous studies have reported smoking-associated changes in fibroblast responses and methylation patterns. Our aim was to identify the effect of current smoking on miRNA expression in primary lung fibroblasts. Small RNA sequencing was performed on lung fibroblasts from nine current and six ex-smokers with normal lung function. MiR-335-5p and miR-335-3p were significantly downregula ...[more]