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ArticleInfection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases2021

Circulating miRNAs: Potential diagnostic role for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Mohammad Fayyad-Kazan, Rawan Makki, Najwa Skafi, Mahmoud El Homsi, Aline Hamade, Rania El Majzoub, Eva Hamade, Hussein Fayyad-Kazan, Bassam Badran

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Article in Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Mohammad Fayyad-KazanLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: mfayyadk@gmail.com.
Rawan MakkiLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: rawan_makki@hotmail.fr.
Najwa SkafiLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: najwaskafi91@gmail.com.
Mahmoud El HomsiLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: mahmoud.homsi@ul.edu.lb.
Aline HamadeLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: aline.hamade@ul.edu.lb.
Rania El MajzoubLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Mazraa 146404, Lebanon. Electronic address: rania.elmajzoub@liu.edu.lb.
Eva HamadeLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: eva.hamade@ul.edu.lb.
Hussein Fayyad-KazanLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: hfayyadk@gmail.com.
Bassam BadranLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: bassam.badran@ul.edu.lb.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) represents a major global health problem. Intensive efforts are being employed to better understand this pathology and develop strategies enabling its early diagnosis and efficient treatment. In this study, we compared the signature of circulating miRNAs in plasma of COVID-19 patients versus healthy donors. MiRCURY LNA miRNA miRNome qPCR Panels were performed for miRNA signature characterization. Individual quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was carried out to validate miRNome qPCR results. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was applied to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the most significantly deregulated miRNA(s) as potential diagnostic biomarker(s). Eight miRNAs were identified to be differentially expressed with miR-17-5p and miR-142-5p being down-regulated whilst miR-15a-5p, miR-19a-3p, miR-19b-3p, miR-23a-3p, miR-92a-3p and miR-320a being up-regulated in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. ROC curve analyses revealed an AUC (Areas Under the ROC Curve) of 0.815 (P = 0.031), 0.875 (P = 0.012), and 0.850 (P = 0.025) for miR-19a-3p, miR-19b-3p, and miR-92a-3p, respectively. Combined ROC analyses using these 3 miRNAs showed a greater AUC of 0.917 (P = 0.0001) indicating a robust diagnostic value of these 3 miRNAs. These results suggest that plasma miR-19a-3p, miR-19b-3p, and miR-92a-3p expression levels could serve as potential diagnostic biomarker and/or a putative therapeutic target during SARS-CoV-2-infection.

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AdultBiomarkersCirculating MicroRNACOVID-19Down-RegulationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexBiomarkersCirculating MicroRNABiomarkersCoronavirusmiRNAsPlasmaSevere acute respiratory syndrome

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PMID34343725
PMCPMC8325559

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