NEAT1 and MALAT1 are highly expressed in saliva and nasopharyngeal swab samples of COVID-19 patients

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COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has become a significant global public health problem, with a wide variety of clinical manifestations and disease progression outcomes. LncRNAs are key regulators of the immune response and have been associated with COVID-19 risk infection. Previous studies focused mainly on in-silico analysis of lncRNA expression in the lungs or peripheral blood cells. We evaluated the expression of lncRNAs NEAT1, MALAT1, and MIR3142 in saliva and nasopharyngeal swab from SARS-CoV-2 positive (n = 34) and negative patients (n = 46). A higher expression of the lncRNAs NEAT1 and MALAT1 (p < 0.05) were found in positive samples. NEAT1 had a higher expression mainly in saliva samples (p < 0.001), and MALAT1 was upregulated in nasopharyngeal samples (p < 0.05). Area under the ROC curve for NEAT1 in saliva was 0.8067. This study was the first to investigate the expression of lncRNAs in saliva and nasopharyngeal samples of COVID-19 patients, which gives new insights into the initial response to infection and infectivity and may provide new biomarkers for severity and targets for therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Molecular oral microbiology - 36(2021), 6 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 291-294

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rodrigues, Ana Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Adamoski, Douglas [VerfasserIn]
Genelhould, Gustavo [VerfasserIn]
Zhen, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguto, Guilherme Eiji [VerfasserIn]
Araujo-Souza, Patrícia Savio [VerfasserIn]
Nogueira, Meri Bordignon [VerfasserIn]
Raboni, Sonia Mara [VerfasserIn]
Bonatto, Ana Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Gradia, Daniela Fiori [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho de Oliveira, Jaqueline [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
LncRNA
MALAT1
MALAT1 long non-coding RNA, human
NEAT1
NEAT1 long non-coding RNA, human
Nasopharyngeal samples
RNA, Long Noncoding
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Saliva

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Date Completed 10.11.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/omi.12351

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330057898