Silence of the ROS

Immunity. 2016 Mar 15;44(3):520-522. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.02.027.

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated during T cell activation and serve a signaling function but can also be damaging. In this issue of Immunity, Zhang et al. (2016) show that miR-23a prevents ROS-elicited necrosis by suppressing cyclophilin D (PPIF), a regulator of ROS escape from mitochondria.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Listeria monocytogenes / immunology*
  • Listeriosis / immunology*
  • Liver / pathology*
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*

Substances

  • MicroRNAs