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Trial reportMolecular medicine reports2018

Detection of miR‑29a in plasma of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and the clinical significance.

Genai Zhang, Wenping Zhang, Yu Hou, Yingchun Chen, Jipeng Song, Lixiang Ding

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Trial report in Molecular medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Diagnostic and prognostic significance of miR-486-5p in patients who underwent minimally invasive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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  4. MicroRNA-29a: a novel target for non-operative management of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Genai ZhangDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Shi Ji Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.
Wenping ZhangSchool of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China.
Yu HouDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Shi Ji Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.
Yingchun ChenDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Shi Ji Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.
Jipeng SongDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Shi Ji Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.
Lixiang DingDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Beijing Shi Ji Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.
Beijing Tian Tan Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CNShanxi Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to detect miR‑29a expression in the plasma of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and to investigate the clinical significance. A total of 30 patients with LSS, 27 patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (LDH), 27 healthy people and 7 patients that had succumbed to mortality were involved in the present study for specimen collection. Expression levels of miR‑29a in plasma and intervertebral disc tissue were detected by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. Plasma expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) and a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5 (ADAMTS5) were detected ELISA. The expression levels of MMP9 and ADAMTS5 protein were detected by western blotting. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlations between the expression levels of microRNA (miR)‑29a, MMP9 and ADAMTS5. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to analyze the possibility of the use of miR‑29a as a biomarker of LSS. The expression levels of miR‑29a in plasma and intervertebral disc tissue of patients with LSS were significantly lower in patients with LSS compared with in patients with LDH, as well as healthy controls. Conversely, the protein expression levels of MMP9 and ADAMTS5 were significantly higher in patients with LSS compared with patients with LDH, as well as healthy controls. The expression levels of miR‑29a was negatively correlated with the expression levels of MMP9 and ADAMTS5. In addition, miR‑29a demonstrated low temperature sensitivity and high freeze‑thaw stability, and may be used to accurately diagnose LSS. Therefore, miR‑29a may be considered to be a potential biomarker of LSS.

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Gene Expression RegulationADAMTS5 ProteinAgedFemaleHumansIntervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLumbar VertebraeMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 9MicroRNAsMiddle AgedADAMTS5 ProteinADAMTS5 protein, humanMatrix Metalloproteinase 9MicroRNAsMIRN29a microRNA, humanMMP9 protein, human

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