MiR-26a targets EphA2 to resist intracellular Listeria monocytogenes in macrophages

We performed transcriptome analyses of miR-26a-overexpressing RAW264.7 cells (RAW264.7.miR-26a.OE) and NC-plasmid-transfected RAW264.7 cells (RAW264.7.NC), using RNA-seq . We identified 121 genes that were downregulated in RAW264.7.miR-26a.OE cells compared with RAW264.7.NC cells. Among the downregulated genes, we identified four putative target genes, using TargetScan (www.targetscan.org), including EphA2, Map3k9, Nhsl1, and Otud1, which all contain a putative miR-26a seed sequence. We detect RNA expression level of miR-26a-overexpressing RAW264.7 cells (RAW264.7.miR-26a.OE) and NC-plasmid-transfected RAW264.7 cells (RAW264.7.NC) upon L.m infection 5h.