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: Recent studies highlight its role in regulating immune responses, including T-cell activation and neuroinflammation. Clinical Potential Due to its broad regulatory reach, miR-7 is a target for:
: It regulates the development of the pituitary gland, optic nervous system, and cerebral cortex by targeting factors like PAX6 , which is essential for eye and brain organogenesis. Mirna.7z
: In the pancreas, it is the most abundant endocrine miRNA in islets, where it acts as a "brake" on adult beta-cell proliferation and helps regulate insulin secretion. : Recent studies highlight its role in regulating
: Its levels are controlled post-transcriptionally by "sponges" like circular RNA ciRS-7 (also known as CDR1as), which contains over 70 binding sites for miR-7 and can effectively quench its activity. Role in Pathophysiology optic nervous system
The dysregulation of miR-7 is a hallmark of several major pathologies:
: Restoring miR-7 levels through "mimics" is being explored as an adjuvant therapy to sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy and overcome multidrug resistance.