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ArticleScientific reports2020

Serum miRNA as a possible biomarker in the diagnosis of bipolar II disorder.

Sheng-Yu Lee, Ru-Band Lu, Liang-Jen Wang, Cheng-Ho Chang, Ti Lu, Tzu-Yun Wang, Kuo-Wang Tsai

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04998097 (Changes in Serum miRNA and BDNF Levels in Bipolar II Depression Treated by Theta-burst Stimulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers.

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NCT04998097 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Changes in Serum miRNA and BDNF Levels in Bipolar II Depression Treated by Theta-burst Stimulation: A Randomized Sham-controlled Exploratory Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.Ran2022 to 2024Enrolled60ConditionsBipolar II Disorder, Most Recent Episode Major DepressiveArmsrepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Regulatory Potential of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Bipolar Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. Plasma miRNA Profiles in Chronically Treated Bipolar Disorder Patients: A Case-Control Study.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  4. Biomarkers of bipolar disorder in omics and neuroimaging.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2025
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  11. RNA Biomarkers in Bipolar Disorder and Response to Mood Stabilizers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Extracellular Vesicles in Mental Disorders: A State-of-art Review.International journal of biological sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Sheng-Yu LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ru-Band LuDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Liang-Jen WangDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-1151
Cheng-Ho ChangDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ti LuDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Tzu-Yun WangDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Kuo-Wang TsaiDepartment of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. kwtsai6733@gmail.com.
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of Bipolar II disorder (BD-II) is currently based on the patients' description of symptoms and clinical behavioral observations. This study explored the possibility of miRNA in peripheral blood (serum) as a specific biomarker for BD-II. We identified 6 candidate miRNAs to differentiate BD-II patients from controls using next-generation sequencing. We then examined these candidate miRNAs using real-time PCR in the first cohort (as training group) of 79 BD-II and 95 controls. A diagnostic model was built based on these candidate miRNAs and then tested on an individual testing group (BD-II: n = 20, controls: n = 20). We found that serum expression levels of miR-7-5p, miR-23b-3p, miR-142-3p, miR-221-5p, and miR-370-3p significantly increased in BD-II compared with controls in the first cohort, whereas that of miR-145-5p showed no significant difference. The diagnostic power of the identified miRNAs was further analyzed using receiver-operating characteristic (ROC). Support vector machine (SVM) measurements revealed that a combination of the significant miRNAs reached good diagnostic accuracy (AUC: 0.907). We further examined an independent testing group and the diagnostic power reached fair for BD-II (specificity = 90%, sensitivity = 85%). We constructed miRNA panels using SVM model, which may aid in the diagnosis for BD-II.

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