Stomach SIDT1 mediates dietary microRNA absorption

Monday, August 17, 2020 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

In a new study published in Cell Research, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing University School of Life Sciences, China, reports that SIDT1 in the mammalian stomach mediates host uptake of dietary and orally administered microRNAs (miRNAs), thus exerting biological functions in the host.

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