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ArticleArchives of microbiology2021

Expression profiling of miRNA-196a biomarker in naïve hepatitis C virus-infected and Sofosbuvir plus Daclatasvir-treated patients.

Nazim Hussain, Nimrah Farooq, Muhammad Maqsood, Muhammad Shahid Riaz Rajoka, Muhammad Bilal

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Article in Archives of microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nazim HussainCentre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan. nazim.camb@pu.edu.pk.
Nimrah FarooqCentre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan.
Muhammad MaqsoodDepartment of Medicine, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahid Riaz RajokaDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Muhammad BilalSchool of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, 223003, China. bilaluaf@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-3183
University of the Punjab · PKHuaiyin Institute of Technology · CNLahore General Hospital · PKShenzhen University · CN

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Abstract

Micro-RNA (miRNA) is a short stretch of nucleotides that can regulate many genes associated with the various stages of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) life cycle and disease progression. This study evaluates the expression profiling of miRNA-196a in naïve HCV-infected, and Sofosbuvir plus Daclatasvir-treated patients. MiRNA-196a can inhibit HCV replication by silencing the HCV NS5A protein or downregulating the human BACH-I mRNA. The expression level of miRNA-196a was determined by quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) using the whole RNA extracted from the recruited participant's serum. Results showed a 0.83-fold decrease in the miRNA-196a level in naïve HCV-infected than controls. On the contrary, an increase in the expression level by 0.06-fold was observed in Sofosbuvir plus Daclatasvir-treated patients. A negative but significant correlation was recorded between the HCV-RNA load and miRNA-196a expression level in the naïve-infected patients. Serum miRNA-196a ROC curve analysis revealed an area under the curve of 0.8278 (95% CI 0.7033-0.9524, p < 0.0001) with 82.05% sensitivity and 76.19% specificity in discriminating the healthy controls from the HCV-infected samples. In conclusion, our study explored the comparative expression levels of miRNA-196a in HCV-infected and Sofosbuvir plus Daclatasvir patients. Further studies are needed to examine the possible role of miR-196a as a therapeutic agent for treating HCV-infected patients.

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AdultAntiviral AgentsBiomarkersBlood Chemical AnalysisCarbamatesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHepacivirusHepatitis CHost Microbial InteractionsHumansImidazolesMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedPyrrolidinesAntiviral AgentsBiomarkersCarbamatesdaclatasvirImidazolesMicroRNAsMIRN196 microRNA, humanPyrrolidinesRNA, ViralSofosbuvirValineBiomarkerHepatitis C virusMiRNA-196aQuantitative PCRTherapeutics

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