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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2014

microRNAs as novel biomarkers of schizophrenia (Review).

Jie Wang, Yuhan Wang, Jianbo Yang, Yuanshuai Huang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. MicroRNAs as biomarkers and molecular mediators of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  9. The Relationship between Gene Polymorphism of miRNAs Regulating FGA and Schizophrenia.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019
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  10. A comprehensive review of the genetic and biological evidence supports a role for MicroRNA-137 in the etiology of schizophrenia.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China.
Yuhan WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China.
Jianbo YangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China.
Yuanshuai HuangDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China.
Southwest Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness and the most common complex neuropsychiatric disorder. To date, the etiology of schizophrenia is unclear; consequently, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is controversial. Biomarkers that reflect the dysregulations observed in schizophrenia may potentially assist the diagnosis of the disorder. However, the majority of these biomarkers are found in the brain tissue, which is not readily accessible, leading to the search for novel biomarkers that are present in the peripheral blood. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Previous investigations have revealed that miRNAs may play a potential role in neurodevelopment and maturation, including neurite outgrowth, dendritogenesis and dendritic spine formation. These developments highlight the significance of miRNAs as potential diagnostic biomarkers for schizophrenia. To date, miRNA biomarkers have been predominantly extracted from the brain tissue; however, future studies should examine the use of peripheral blood miRNAs as biomarkers, as these are more accessible.

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biomarkerdiagnosisetiologymicroRNAschizophrenia

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PMID25371713
PMCPMC4217773
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