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ReviewHeart failure reviews2018

Role of microRNAs in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: an overview of preclinical models and cancer patients.

Clarissa Ruggeri, Sonia Gioffré, Felice Achilli, Gualtiero I Colombo, Yuri D'Alessandra

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Clarissa RuggeriImmunology and Functional Genomics Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy.
Sonia GioffréImmunology and Functional Genomics Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy.
Felice AchilliDepartment of Health Science, Cardiology Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Gualtiero I ColomboImmunology and Functional Genomics Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy.
Yuri D'AlessandraImmunology and Functional Genomics Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy. ydalessa@ccfm.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3440-2353
Centro Cardiologico Monzino · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute (IT) GR-2011-02346742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiotoxicity is a well-known side effect of doxorubicin (DOX), but the mechanisms leading to this phenomenon are still not completely clear. Prediction of drug-induced dysfunction onset is difficult and is still largely based on detection of cardiac troponin (cTn), a circulating marker of heart damage. In the last years, several investigations focused on the possible involvement of microRNAs (miRNAs) in DOX-induced toxicity in vitro, with contrasting results. Recently, several groups employed animal models to mimic patient's condition, investigate the biological pathways perturbed by DOX, and identify diagnostic markers of cardiotoxicity. We reviewed the results from several studies investigating cardiac miRNAs expression in rodent models of DOX-treatment. We also discussed the data from two publications indicating the possible use of circulating miRNA as biomarkers of DOX-induced cardiotoxicity. Unfortunately, limited information was derived from these studies, as selection methods of candidate-miRNAs and heterogeneity in cardiotoxicity assessment greatly hampered the novelty and robustness of the findings. Nevertheless, at least one circulating miRNA, miR-1, showed a good potential as early biomarker of drug-mediated cardiac dysfunction onset. The use of animal models to investigate DOX-induced cardiotoxicity surely helps narrowing the gap between basic research and clinical practice. Despite this, several issues, including selection of relevant miRNAs and less-than-optimal assessment of cardiotoxicity, greatly limited the results obtained so far. Nonetheless, the association of patients-based studies with the use of preclinical models may be the key to address the many unanswered questions regarding the pathophysiology and early detection of cardiotoxicity.

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AnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticCardiomyopathiesCardiotoxicityDoxorubicinHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasmsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicinMicroRNAsBiomarkersCardiotoxicityDoxorubicinmicroRNA

Identifiers

PMID28944400
PMCPMC5756562
OpenAlexW2757775447

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