... within the 3¢-UTR of target genes. The specificity of the miRNA guide strand is thought to bemediated by the ‘seed’ region localized between resi-dues 2 and 8 at the 5¢ end [5–7], and the specificity ... of organs including the heart, kidney, liver and lung. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the role of miRNAs in the development of tissue fibrosis and their potential asnovel ... ARTICLE MicroRNAs and the regulation of fibrosis Xiaoying Jiang1,2, Eleni Tsitsiou2, Sarah E. Herrick2 and Mark A. Lindsay21 Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine,...