MicroRNA-155 acts as a potential prognostic and diagnostic factor in patients with ankylosing spondylitis by modulating SOCS3.
Mohammadsaleh JahangirMohammad Saeed KahriziMohammad NatamiRaziyeh Moaref PourShadi GhoreishizadehMaryam HemmatzadehHamed MohammadiNavid ShomaliSiamak Sandoghchian ShotorbaniPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2022)
miR-155 acts as a potential prognostic and diagnostic biomarker. Its up-regulation leads to the down-regulation of SOCS3 and increased expression of IL-21 and STAT3 as characteristic of TH-17 lymphocytes, leading to worsening inflammatory conditions in patients with AS.