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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2012

Gender-specific reduction of estrogen-sensitive small RNA, miR-30b, in subjects with schizophrenia.

Nikolaos Mellios, Marzena Galdzicka, Edward Ginns, Stephen P Baker, Evgeny Rogaev, Jun Xu, Schahram Akbarian

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Article in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Exosomal secretion of a psychosis-altered miRNA that regulates glutamate receptor expression is affected by antipsychotics.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nikolaos MelliosDepartment of Psychiatry, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Worcester, MA, USA. nmellios@mit.edu
Marzena Galdzicka
Edward Ginns
Stephen P Baker
Evgeny Rogaev
Jun Xu
Schahram Akbarian
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute · USMemorial Hospital · USNew England Disabled Sports · US

Funding

Small RNA regulation of BDNF expression in schizophreniaR01MH081943 · NIMH · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI AKBARIAN, SCHAHRAM · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH081943PHS HHS RMH081943A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estrogen signaling pathways affect cortical function and metabolism, are thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, and exert neuroprotective effects in female subjects at risk. However, the molecular signatures of estrogen signaling in normal and diseased cerebral cortex remain largely unexplored. Expression of the estrogen-sensitive small RNA, microRNA-30b (miR-30b), was studied in 30 controls and 30 matched samples from subjects diagnosed with schizophrenia from prefrontal cortex (PFC), as well as in 23 samples from parietal cortex (12 controls and 11 schizophrenia cases). The majority of case and control samples were genotyped for an estrogen receptor α (Esr1) sequence variant (rs2234693) previously associated with genetic risk, and a subset of them were subjected to further analysis to determine expression of mature and precursor forms of miR-30b (pre/pri-miR-30b). Gender-dimorphic expression was also explored in mouse frontal cortex and hippocampus. A significant interaction between gender and diagnosis was discovered for changes in mature miR-30b levels, so that miR-30b expression was significantly reduced in the cerebral cortex of female but not male subjects with schizophrenia. In addition, disease-related changes in miR-30b expression in a subset of female subjects were further modulated by Esr1 genotype. Changes after antipsychotic drug exposure remained insignificant. These preliminary findings point to the possibility that disease-related changes in the expression of small noncoding RNAs such as miR-30b in schizophrenia could be influenced by gender and potentially regulated by estrogen signaling.

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AnimalsAntipsychotic AgentsEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleGenotypeHippocampusHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsParietal LobePrefrontal CortexSchizophreniaAntipsychotic AgentsEstrogen Receptor alphaMicroRNAsMIRN130 microRNA, human

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PMID20732949
PMCPMC3329977
OpenAlexW2134018164

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