Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage

Candida albicans is a commensal yeast pathogen that frequently colonizes the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and this capacity to efficiently invade allows it access to deeper tissues leading to disease. Probing this resistance is necessary to develop effective treatment strategies and requires f...

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Main Authors: Zhao, Jinying, Yin, Liping, Jiang, Linxin, Shen, Sijia, Tang, Jianguo, Yin, Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/1/SMT%203.pdf
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author Zhao, Jinying
Yin, Liping
Jiang, Linxin
Shen, Sijia
Tang, Jianguo
Yin, Xue
author_facet Zhao, Jinying
Yin, Liping
Jiang, Linxin
Shen, Sijia
Tang, Jianguo
Yin, Xue
author_sort Zhao, Jinying
building UKM Institutional Repository
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description Candida albicans is a commensal yeast pathogen that frequently colonizes the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and this capacity to efficiently invade allows it access to deeper tissues leading to disease. Probing this resistance is necessary to develop effective treatment strategies and requires further understanding of how intestinal epithelial cells resist invasion by C. albicans. In this study, we performed miRNA transcriptomic analysis combined with experiments to screen differentially expressed miRNAs under C. albicans exposure in intestinal epithelial cells. We also identified a subset of miRNAs that were notably deregulated by C. albicans invasion, largely within the context of targeting STAT3. Taken together, we provide new insights on how intestinal epithelial cells counteract C. albicans invasion. The STAT3 pathway and its regulation of the dysregulated miRNAs are evidenced by our studies. These results further the progress in intestinal host-pathogen interaction and has implications for possible C. albicans directed therapeutics approaches.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:258932025-09-17T02:23:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/ Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage Zhao, Jinying Yin, Liping Jiang, Linxin Shen, Sijia Tang, Jianguo Yin, Xue Candida albicans is a commensal yeast pathogen that frequently colonizes the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and this capacity to efficiently invade allows it access to deeper tissues leading to disease. Probing this resistance is necessary to develop effective treatment strategies and requires further understanding of how intestinal epithelial cells resist invasion by C. albicans. In this study, we performed miRNA transcriptomic analysis combined with experiments to screen differentially expressed miRNAs under C. albicans exposure in intestinal epithelial cells. We also identified a subset of miRNAs that were notably deregulated by C. albicans invasion, largely within the context of targeting STAT3. Taken together, we provide new insights on how intestinal epithelial cells counteract C. albicans invasion. The STAT3 pathway and its regulation of the dysregulated miRNAs are evidenced by our studies. These results further the progress in intestinal host-pathogen interaction and has implications for possible C. albicans directed therapeutics approaches. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/1/SMT%203.pdf Zhao, Jinying and Yin, Liping and Jiang, Linxin and Shen, Sijia and Tang, Jianguo and Yin, Xue (2025) Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage. Sains Malaysiana, 54 (7). pp. 1677-1685. ISSN 0126-6039 https://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol54num7_2025/contentsVol54num7_2025.html
spellingShingle Zhao, Jinying
Yin, Liping
Jiang, Linxin
Shen, Sijia
Tang, Jianguo
Yin, Xue
Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
title Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
title_full Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
title_fullStr Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
title_full_unstemmed Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
title_short Study on the mechanism of miRNA9718 inhibition of the STAT3 pathway exacerbating Candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
title_sort study on the mechanism of mirna9718 inhibition of the stat3 pathway exacerbating candida albicans-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25893/1/SMT%203.pdf