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ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2010

MicroRNAs as biomarkers in rheumatic diseases.

Ilias Alevizos, Gabor G Illei

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Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
121citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 229 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Evaluating Genetic Regulators of MicroRNAs Using Machine Learning Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. The role of miRNAs in Behçet's disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2023
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  20. Research progress on microRNA in gout.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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61 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ilias AlevizosSjögren's Syndrome Clinic, Molecular Physiology & Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, 1N110, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Gabor G Illei
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Clinical Investigations of Sjogren's SyndromeZIADE000704 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI WARNER, BLAKE · 2009 to 2025
$22.3M
MicroRNA effect on salivary flow of Sjogren's syndrome patientsZIADE000733 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI ALEVIZOS, ILIAS · 2010 to 2017
$5.2M
Characterization of salivary microvesicles microRNA contentZIADE000734 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI ALEVIZOS, ILIAS · 2010 to 2015
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, noncoding, single-stranded RNAs of 19-25 nucleotides in length. They regulate gene expression and are important in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. MiRNAs are attractive as potential biomarkers because their expression pattern is reflective of underlying pathophysiologic processes and they are specific to various disease states. Moreover, miRNAs can be detected in a variety of sources, including tissue, blood and body fluids; they are reasonably stable and appear to be resistant to differences in sample handling, which increases their appeal as practical biomarkers. The clinical utility of miRNAs as diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers has been demonstrated in various malignancies and a few nonmalignant diseases. There is accumulating evidence that miRNAs have an important role in systemic rheumatic diseases and that various diseases or different stages of the same disease are associated with distinct miRNA expression profiles. Preliminary data suggest that miRNAs are promising as candidate biomarkers of diagnosis, prognosis, disease activity and severity in autoimmune diseases. MiRNAs identified as potential biomarkers in pilot studies should be validated in larger studies designed specifically for biomarker validation.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkersHumansMicroRNAsRheumatic DiseasesBiomarkersMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID20517293
PMCPMC3041596
OpenAlexW2023709564

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