Present status with impacts and roles of miRNA on Soil Transmitted Helminthiosis control: A review

Autor: Imon Mitra, Arijit Bhattacharya, Joydeep Paul, Anisuzzaman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100162- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2590-2571
DOI: 10.1016/j.crphar.2023.100162
Popis: Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) is one of the most widespread Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), and almost 1.5 billion of the global population is affected, mostly in the indigent, countryside sectors of tropics/subtropics. STH, commonly caused by various nematodes, adversely affects the hosts’ growth, cognatic development, and immunity. Albendazole is most commonly used against STH (Soil-Transmitted Helminths) but resistance has already been reported in different countries. To date, no effective vaccine is present against STH. miRNAs are a unique class of small non-coding RNA, regulating various biological activities indulging host immune responses in host-pathogen interaction of STH. Dysregulation of miRNAs are being considered as one of the most important aspect of host-parasite interactions. Thus, it is the prime importance to identify and characterize parasite-specific as well as host-derived miRNAs to understand the STH infection at the molecular level. Systematic bibliometric analysis reveals a huge knowledge gap in understanding the disease by using both host and parasitic miRNAs as a potential biomarker. In this study, we addressed the present status of the STH prevalence, and therapy under the light of miRNAs. This would further help in designing new inhibitors and therapeutic strategies to control STH.
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