ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2022
Decreased Levels of miR-126 and miR-132 in Plasma and Vitreous Humor of Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Among Subjects with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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- Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for diabetic retinopathy stage identification: A DTA systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review on biomarker potential of vitreous microRNA in retinal disease.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Biochemical and Molecular Markers Among Prediabetic and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients.International journal of endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- MicroRNAs: A Social Network in Diabetic Retinopathy.Biomolecules · 2026Review
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- MicroRNA Profiles Targeting Angiopoietin-1, Angiopoietin-2, and TEK Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-2 Genes Associated with Angiogenesis in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Diabetic retinopathy: why some eyes suffer more - a focus on retina-specific risk factors and metabolic memory.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Translational insights into miR-126 and miR-423: biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic and kidney diseases.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Exploring the role of miR-126 in diabetes and its complications: a comprehensive review.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- Microvesicle-associated and circulating microRNAs in diabetic dyslipidemia: miR-218, miR-132, miR-143, and miR-21, miR-122, miR-155 have biomarker potential.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2023Article
- Oxidative Stress and Its Regulation in Diabetic Retinopathy.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Tissue nanotransfection causes tumor regression by its effect on nanovesicle cargo that alters microenvironmental macrophage state.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023Article
- Mechanisms of MALAT1 regulating proliferative diabetic retinopathy via targeting miR-126-5p.American journal of translational research · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeDiabetic retinopathy (DR), the leading cause of blindness among working adults, is an urgent public health problem as diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing at an alarming rate. Hyperglycemia-induced endothelial dysfunction is the principal contributing factor leading to the development of microangiopathy. Altered levels of microRNA (miR), the negative regulator of protein-coding genes, have been observed and considered to be markers for DR. Present study aimed to find out whether miR levels in plasma could be effective biomarkers to differentiate between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with non-proliferative retinopathy (NPDR) from T2DM with no-DR (DNR).
methodsWe recruited 50 T2DM subjects comprising 31 NPDR and 19 DNR individuals. Surrogate markers of systemic oxidative stress and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were measured in plasma. Levels of miR-126 and miR-132 were determined in plasma and vitreous fluid using real-time PCR.
resultsWe observed that levels of miR-126 and miR-132 were decreased in NPDR subjects in comparison to DNR. Plasma levels of miRs were inversely correlated with secreted levels of VEGF and oxidative stress marker. The levels of these miRs showed discriminating ability between NPDR and DNR.
conclusionCirculating miRs 126 and 132 in plasma or vitreous may serve as biomarkers for early diabetic retinopathy risk prediction, provided validated in a larger cohort and other forms of retinal vasculopathy or retinopathy in the future.
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