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ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2012

MicroRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases and their therapeutic potential.

Eunsung Junn, M Maral Mouradian

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Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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128citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. miRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases: from target screening to precision therapy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  9. Evaluating the neuroprotective potential ofIn silico pharmacology · 2025
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  13. The Role of microRNAs Related to Apoptosis forInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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68 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.

Eunsung JunnCenter for Neurodegenerative and Neuroimmunologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Junneu@umdnj.edu
M Maral Mouradian

Funding

Neuroprotective Activity of DJ-1 in Parkinson's DiseaseR01NS059869 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI MOURADIAN, M. MARAL · 2007 to 2011
$1.7M
Alpha-Synuclein Regulation by microRNAsR01NS070898 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI JUNN, EUNSUNG · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Anti-apoptotic Function of DJ-1 in Parkinson's DiseaseR21NS053517 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI MOURADIAN, M. MARAL · 2006 to 2007
$399k
NINDS NIH HHS NS053517NINDS NIH HHS NS059869NINDS NIH HHS NS070898NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS059869NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS070898NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS053517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are abundant, endogenous, short, noncoding RNAs that act as important post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression by base-pairing with their target mRNA. During the last decade, substantial knowledge has accumulated regarding the biogenesis of miRNAs, their molecular mechanisms and functional roles in a variety of cellular contexts. Altered expression of certain miRNA molecules in the brains of patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson suggests that miRNAs could have a crucial regulatory role in these disorders. Polymorphisms in miRNA target sites may also constitute an important determinant of disease risk. Additionally, emerging evidence points to specific miRNAs targeting and regulating the expression of particular proteins that are key to disease pathogenesis. Considering that the amount of these proteins in susceptible neuronal populations appears to be critical to neurodegeneration, miRNA-mediated regulation represents a new target of significant therapeutic prospects. In this review, the implications of miRNAs in several neurodegenerative disorders and their potential as therapeutic interventions are discussed.

Indexed as

AnimalsGene Expression RegulationHumansMicroRNAsNeurodegenerative DiseasesPolymorphism, GeneticRisk FactorsMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID22008259
PMCPMC3268953

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