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ReviewMedicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates))2016

miRNAs as Circulating Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.

Gohar Mushtaq, Nigel H Greig, Firoz Anwar, Mazin A Zamzami, Hani Choudhry, Munvar M Shaik, Ian A Tamargo, Mohammad A Kamal

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Review in Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gohar Mushtaq
Nigel H GreigDrug Design and Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. greign@mail.nih.gov.
Firoz Anwar
Mazin A Zamzami
Hani Choudhry
Munvar M Shaik
Ian A Tamargo
Mohammad A Kamal
National Institute on Aging · US

Funding

Design And Development Of Experimental Therapeutics ((Systemic & Neurodegenerative Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease)ZIAAG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2009 to 2025
$16.0M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AG000311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) within brain tissues of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) patients has always been hampered by our inability to access and biopsy tissue of key brain regions implicated in disease occurrence and progression. Currently, diagnosis of NDDs is principally based on clinical observations of symptoms that present at later stages of disease progression, followed by neuroimaging and, possibly, CSF evaluation. One way to potentially detect and diagnose NDDs at a far earlier stage is to screen for abnormal levels of specific disease markers within the peripheral circulation of patients with NDDs. Increasing evidence suggests that there is dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) in NDDs. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells, as well as biofluids, such as plasma, serum, urine and cerebrospinal fluid, contain miRNAs that can be identified and quantified. Circulating miRNAs within blood and other biofluids may thus be characterized and used as non-invasive, diagnostic biomarkers that facilitate the early detection of disease and potentially the continual monitoring of disease progression for NDDs such as AD and PD. Plainly, such a screen is only possible with a clear understanding of which miRNAs change with disease, and when these changes occur during the progression of AD and PD. Such information is becoming increasingly available and, in the near future, may not only support disease diagnosis, but provide the opportunity to evaluate therapeutic interventions earlier in the disease process.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBiomarkersHumansMicroRNAsParkinson DiseaseBiomarkersMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID26527155
PMCPMC6138249
OpenAlexW2182887751

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