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ReviewEndocrine reviews2017

Emerging Roles for MicroRNAs in Diabetic Microvascular Disease: Novel Targets for Therapy.

Yu Zhang, Xinghui Sun, Basak Icli, Mark W Feinberg

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Review in Endocrine reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
97citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

97 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 181 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. miRNA in the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease: New Insight.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. Role of exosome-derived miRNAs in diabetic wound angiogenesis.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2024
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37 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Xinghui SunDepartment of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Basak IcliDepartment of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Mark W FeinbergDepartment of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

Funding

MiR-181b, endothelial cells, and vascular inflammationR01HL115141 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEINBERG, MARK W · 2012 to 2024
$6.8M
MicroRNA-181b and SepsisR01GM115605 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BARON, REBECCA M, FEINBERG, MARK W · 2015 to 2018
$1.8M
KLF10, CD4+ T cells, and transplant arteriopathyR01HL134849 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEINBERG, MARK W · 2017 to 2020
$1.7M
MiR-26a, endothelial cells, and neovascularizationR01HL117994 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEINBERG, MARK W · 2013 to 2016
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115141NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL117994NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134849NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic, low-grade systemic inflammation and impaired microvascular function are critical hallmarks in the development of insulin resistance. Accordingly, insulin resistance is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Accumulating studies demonstrate that restoration of impaired function of the diabetic macro- and microvasculature may ameliorate a range of cardiovascular disease states and diabetes-associated complications. In this review, we focus on the emerging role of microRNAs (miRNAs), noncoding RNAs that fine-tune target gene expression and signaling pathways, in insulin-responsive tissues and cell types important for maintaining optimal vascular homeostasis and preventing the sequelae of diabetes-induced end organ injury. We highlight current pathophysiological paradigms of miRNAs and their targets involved in regulating the diabetic microvasculature in a range of diabetes-associated complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, wound healing, and myocardial injury. We provide an update of the potential use of circulating miRNAs diagnostically in type I or type II diabetes. Finally, we discuss emerging delivery platforms for manipulating miRNA expression or function as the next frontier in therapeutic intervention to improve diabetes-associated microvascular dysfunction and its attendant clinical consequences.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic AngiopathiesDiabetic CardiomyopathiesDiabetic NephropathiesHumansMicroRNAsMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID28323921
PMCPMC5460677
OpenAlexW2605314119

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