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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Uncovering the Roles of MicroRNAs in Major Depressive Disorder: From Candidate Diagnostic Biomarkers to Treatment Response Indicators.

Claudia Homorogan, Diana Nitusca, Edward Seclaman, Virgil Enatescu, Catalin Marian

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  8. Clinical Utility of Fluid Biomarker in Depressive Disorder.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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  10. Therapeutic Implications of microRNAs in Depressive Disorders: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claudia HomoroganDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, 300041 Timișoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0256-2117
Diana NituscaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, 300041 Timișoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5325-5221
Edward SeclamanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, 300041 Timișoara, Romania.
Virgil EnatescuDiscipline of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Catalin MarianDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, 300041 Timișoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7749-1384
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara · RO

Funding

Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara 4EXP/1232/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a recurrent debilitating illness that represents a major health burden due to its increasing worldwide prevalence, unclear pathological mechanism, nonresponsive treatment, and lack of reliable and specific diagnostic biomarkers. Recently, microRNA species (miRs) have gained particular interest because they have the ability to post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression by modulating mRNA stability and translation in a cohesive fashion. By regulating entire genetic circuitries, miRs have been shown to have dysregulated expression levels in blood samples from MDD patients, when compared to healthy subjects. In addition, antidepressant treatment (AD) also appears to alter the expression pattern of several miRs. Therefore, we critically and systematically reviewed herein the studies assessing the potential biomarker role of several candidate miRs for MDD, as well as treatment response monitoring indicators, in order to enrich the current knowledge and facilitate possible diagnostic biomarker development for MDD, which could aid in reducing both patients' burden and open novel avenues toward a better understanding of MDD neurobiology.

Indexed as

antidepressant treatmentbiomarkersmajor depressive disordermicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID34685444
PMCPMC8538902
OpenAlexW3205467760

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Registered trials

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