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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2016

Use of Serum MicroRNAs as Biomarker for Hepatobiliary Diseases in Dogs.

K Dirksen, T Verzijl, G C Grinwis, R P Favier, L C Penning, I A Burgener, L J van der Laan, H Fieten, B Spee

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K DirksenDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
T VerzijlDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
G C GrinwisDepartment of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
R P FavierDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
L C PenningDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
I A BurgenerDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
L J van der LaanDepartment of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
H FietenDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
B SpeeDepartment of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NLErasmus MC · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrent biochemical indicators cannot discriminate between parenchymal, biliary, vascular, and neoplastic hepatobiliary diseases. MicroRNAs are promising new biomarkers for hepatobiliary disease in humans and dogs.

objectiveTo measure serum concentrations of an established group of microRNAs in dogs and to investigate their concentrations in various types of hepatobiliary diseases. ANIMALS: Forty-six client-owned dogs with an established diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease and stored serum samples and eleven client-owned healthy control Labrador Retrievers.

methodsRetrospective study. Medical records of dogs with parenchymal, biliary, vascular, or neoplastic hepatobiliary diseases and control dogs were reviewed. Concentrations of miR-21, miR-122, miR-126, miR-148a, miR-200c, and miR-222 were quantified in serum by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

resultsNo different microRNA concentrations were found in the adenoma and congenital portosystemic shunt groups. In all other diseases, miR-122 concentrations were elevated with the highest concentration in the mucocele group (267-fold, CI: 40-1,768, P < .001). In dogs with biliary diseases, miR-21 and miR-222 were only increased in dogs with mucoceles (26-fold, CI: 5-141, P = .005 and 13-fold, CI: 2-70, P = .025, respectively). Uniquely increased microRNAs were found in the hepatocellular carcinoma group (miR-200c, 35-fold increase, CI: 3-382, P = .035) and the chronic hepatitis group (miR-126, 22-fold increase, CI: 5-91, P = .002). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: A microRNA panel consisting of miR-21, miR-122, miR-126, miR-200c, and miR-222 can distinguish between parenchymal, biliary, and neoplastic hepatobiliary diseases. Serum microRNA profiling is a promising new tool that might be a valuable addition to conventional diagnostics to help diagnose various hepatobiliary diseases in dogs.

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AnimalsBile Duct DiseasesBiomarkersDog DiseasesDogsFemaleLiver DiseasesMaleMicroRNAsRetrospective StudiesBiomarkersMicroRNAsBiomarkerHepatitisMucoceleNeoplasia

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