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ArticleScientific reports2018

Differential expression of microRNAs and other small RNAs in muscle tissue of patients with ALS and healthy age-matched controls.

Anja Kovanda, Lea Leonardis, Janez Zidar, Blaž Koritnik, Leja Dolenc-Groselj, Stanislava Ristic Kovacic, Tomaž Curk, Boris Rogelj

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anja KovandaDepartment of Biotechnology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Lea LeonardisInstitute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Janez ZidarInstitute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Blaž KoritnikInstitute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Leja Dolenc-GroseljInstitute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Stanislava Ristic KovacicInstitute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tomaž CurkUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-4888-7256
Boris RogeljDepartment of Biotechnology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia. boris.rogelj@ijs.si.ORCID 0000-0003-3898-1943
Ljubljana University Medical Centre · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SIJožef Stefan Institute · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a late-onset disorder primarily affecting motor neurons and leading to progressive and lethal skeletal muscle atrophy. Small RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs), can serve as important regulators of gene expression and can act both globally and in a tissue-/cell-type-specific manner. In muscle, miRNAs called myomiRs govern important processes and are deregulated in various disorders. Several myomiRs have shown promise for therapeutic use in cellular and animal models of ALS; however, the exact miRNA species differentially expressed in muscle tissue of ALS patients remain unknown. Following small RNA-Seq, we compared the expression of small RNAs in muscle tissue of ALS patients and healthy age-matched controls. The identified snoRNAs, mtRNAs and other small RNAs provide possible molecular links between insulin signaling and ALS. Furthermore, the identified miRNAs are predicted to target proteins that are involved in both normal processes and various muscle disorders and indicate muscle tissue is undergoing active reinnervation/compensatory attempts thus providing targets for further research and therapy development in ALS.

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AdultAgedAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCase-Control StudiesCluster AnalysisDown-RegulationFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalPrincipal Component AnalysisRNA, MitochondrialRNA, Small NucleolarMicroRNAsRNA, MitochondrialRNA, Small NucleolarRNA, Small Untranslated

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PMID29618798
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