What is it about?
describes how mir215 affect a target transcript which affects fibrosis
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Why is it important?
Pterygium is multifactorial and pathology is still not well understood. targeting microRNAs may be a potential method of therapy or adjunctive therapy to surgical excision.
Perspectives
This study may have wider implications for other fibrotic diseases, eg, liver and kidney fibrosis.
Prof Louis Tong
National University of Singapore
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This page is a summary of: MicroRNA-215 Regulates Fibroblast Function: Insights from a Human Fibrotic Disease, Cell Cycle, June 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2014.998077.
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