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The inflammatory response is a self-defense process that fights the pathogen invasion by eliminating harmful stimuli. However, excessive inflammation may disrupt immune homeostasis, even causing chronic inflammation or autoimmune diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a crucial regulator that can negatively regulate gene expression and participate in multiple biological processes of growth, development, and immune response in organisms. However, the miRNA-mediated modulation networks of inflammatory responses remain largely unclear in lower vertebrates. In this study, miR-128 was identified as a negative regulator to participate in the NF-κB signaling pathway by targeting TAB2 in miiuy croaker. First, we predicted target genes of miR-128 through the bioinformatics software programs and found that TAB2 is a direct target of miR-128. We also found that miR-128 can inhibit TAB2 expression at the mRNA and protein levels. Besides, upon LPS stimulation, miR-128 inhibits the expression of inflammatory cytokines by targeting TAB2 to avoid excessive inflammation. Particularly, we found that miR-128 can regulate TAB2-mediated NF-κB signaling pathways. In summary, our results indicate that miR-128 plays a critical role in suppressing inflammatory responses by regulating the TAB2-mediated NF-κB signaling pathway in miiuy croaker. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Xiaomeng Ren, Junxia Cui, Tianjun Xu, Yuena Sun. microRNA-128 inhibits the inflammatory responses by targeting TAB2 in miiuy croaker, Miichthysmiiuy. Developmental and comparative immunology. 2021 Apr;117:103976

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