Regulatory Mechanism and Clinical Application of MicroRNAs in Inflammatory Bowel Disease / 胃肠病学

Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)is a chronic nonspecific intestinal inflammatory disease and its etiology is not yet clarified. MicroRNAs( miRNAs)is a class of endogenous noncoding RNA that exerts post-transcriptional regulation on gene expression. Studies found that miRNAs is involved in the regulation of intestinal mucosal barrier and mucosal immune system;abnormal expression of miRNAs is associated with the occurrence of IBD. This article reviewed the regulatory mechanism and clinical application of miRNAs in IBD.