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ReviewClinical chemistry2014

Noninvasive micromarkers.

Janani Saikumar, Krithika Ramachandran, Vishal S Vaidya

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Review in Clinical chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Roles of microRNAs in cardiorenal syndrome.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025
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  5. Reliability of miRNA Analysis from Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded Tissues.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  12. MicroRNAs in injury and repair.Archives of toxicology · 2017
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  16. Absolute Measurement of Cardiac Injury-Induced microRNAs in Biofluids across Multiple Test Sites.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2016
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  19. MicroRNAs in kidney physiology and disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2015
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Janani SaikumarRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Krithika RamachandranRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Vishal S VaidyaRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. vvaidya@partners.org.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Role of SMOC2 in Kidney FibrosisR01ES017543 · NIEHS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI VAIDYA, VISHAL S. · 2011 to 2021
$3.9M
Role of SMOC2 in Kidney FibrosisR56ES017543 · NIEHS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI VAIDYA, VISHAL S. · 2016 to 2016
$213k
NIEHS NIH HHS ES017543NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES017543NIEHS NIH HHS R56 ES017543
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe recent revolutionary advances made in genome-wide sequencing technology have transformed biology and molecular diagnostics, allowing new sRNA (small RNA) classes to be discovered as potential disease-specific biological indicators. Cell-free microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to exist stably in a wide spectrum of body fluids and their expression profiles have been shown to reflect an assortment of physiological conditions, underscoring the utility of this new class of molecules to function as noninvasive biomarkers of disease. CONTENT: We summarize information on the known mechanisms of miRNA protection and release into extracellular space and compile the current literature on extracellular miRNAs that have been investigated as biomarkers of 20 different cancers, 11 organ damage conditions and 10 diverse disease states. We also discuss the various strategies involved in the miRNA biomarker discovery workflow and provide a critical opinion on the impediments faced by this advancing field that need to be overcome in the laboratory. SUMMARY: The field of miRNA-centered diagnostics is still in its infancy, and basic questions with regard to the exact role of miRNAs in the pathophysiology of diseases, and the mechanisms of their release from affected cells into biological fluids are yet to be completely understood. Nevertheless, these noninvasive micromarkers have immense potential in translational medicine not only for use in monitoring the efficacy and safety of therapeutic regimens but also to guide the diagnosis of diseases, to determine the risk of developing diseases or conditions, and more importantly, to inform treatment options.

Indexed as

BiomarkersHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasmsBiomarkersMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID24407912
PMCPMC4149835
OpenAlexW4211128840

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