MicroRNA expression profiles of peripheral blood and mononuclear cells in myasthenia gravis : A systematic review

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BACKGROUND: Studies have described the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in thymic function, along with directly observing the altered expression of miRNAs in thymuses of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients; so, miRNAs became a core component in the pathophysiology of MG. However, because the miRNA analysis results are contradictory, the identification of MG-related miRNAs is daunting.

OBJECTIVE: We did a systematic review of studies analyzing the miRNA expression profile of peripheral blood and mononuclear cells for patients with MG.

METHODS: We ran a database search in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science on August 17, 2021. Original articles that analyzed miRNA profiles in peripheral blood (serum, plasma, and whole blood) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for patients with MG in comparison with a non-MG or healthy control (HC) group were eligible. The quality of studies was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 (QUADAS-2).

RESULTS: 26 studies were included. The quality of studies was fair (median score, 5). Among 226 different miRNAs that were deregulated in at least one study (range, 1-87), ten miRNAs were significantly deregulated in three or more studies. Five miRNAs (50%) showed the same deregulation: miR-106b-3p and miR-21-5p were consistently upregulated, and miR-20b, miR-15b, and miR-16 were consistently downregulated. Also, there were five miRNAs that were mostly upregulated, miR-150-5p, miR-146a, miR-30e-5p, and miR-338-3p, or downregulated, miR-324-3p, across studies.

CONCLUSION: These miRNAs contribute to different pathways, importantly neural apoptosis and autophagy, inflammation, T regulatory cell development, and T helper cell balance. Prior to being used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is required to pursue molecular mechanisms these consistently and mostly dysregulated miRNAs specifically use in the context of MG.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 112(2022) vom: 25. Nov., Seite 109205

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saghazadeh, Amene [VerfasserIn]
Rezaei, Nima [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
MIRN324 microRNA, human
MIRN338 microRNA, human
MiRNA
MicroRNA
MicroRNAs
Mononuclear cells
Myasthenia gravis
PBMC
Plasma
Serum
Systematic Review
Systematic review
T cells
Thymoma

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Date Completed 20.10.2022

Date Revised 20.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109205

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346044987