miRNAs and Alcohol-Related Hepatitis

Dinuka Bandara, Clara Ashraf Boshra Shaker Romany, Vikash Kumar, Aalam Sohal, Mohanad Al-Qaisi, Nilofar Najafian · 2025

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Dinuka Bandara and co-authors review how tiny RNA strands shape a harsh liver disease in a 2025 paper. Heavy drinking over years can spark sudden liver swelling with a high risk of death in the short term. These small strands, called miRNAs, tune gene activity after genes are read, and their levels shift in this disease.

Some strands rise and drive swelling through immune signals and scar growth in the liver. Others fall, which weakens liver cell growth and the response to cell stress. Because the shifts track key steps of the disease, the authors see promise in using them as blood markers and as targets for new drugs.

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CREATORDinuka Bandara, Clara Ashraf Boshra Shaker Romany, Vikash Kumar, Aalam Sohal, Mohanad Al-Qaisi, Nilofar Najafian
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE35 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12731454

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