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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2023

Circulating MicroRNA-30a, Beclin1 and Their Association with Different Variables in Females with Metabolically Healthy /Unhealthy Obesity.

Mervat Naguib, Mohamed Magdy, Omar Ahmed Elsayed Yousef, Walaa Ibrahim, Doaa Mostafa Gharib

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Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. From lipid overload to autophagy collapse: how lipid dysregulation drives chronic inflammation and metabolic disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  3. Molecular Morbidity Score-Can MicroRNAs Assess the Burden of Disease?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mervat NaguibDiabetes and Endocrinology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9345-1542
Mohamed MagdyDiabetes and Endocrinology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3632-0113
Omar Ahmed Elsayed YousefFaculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0009-0008-4161-6895
Walaa IbrahimMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Doaa Mostafa GharibMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EGUniversity of Debrecen · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Obesity is associated with metabolic and cardiovascular co-morbidities. It is important to determine the factors associated with metabolic derangement in obesity. Autophagy plays a major role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome. MicroRNA-30a targets beclin1, the main regulator of autophagy. Purpose: We assess circulating microRNA-30a and serum beclin1 in women with metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO), women with metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and non-obese healthy control and determine their relationship with different clinical and metabolic variables in women with obesity. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 34 women with MHO, 34 with MUO, and 20 healthy non-obese women. Blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference were recorded. Glycemic and lipid indices, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, ALT, AST, microRNA-30a expression in serum were measured using real-time polymerase chain reaction and beclin1 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were measured. Results: The expression of microRNA-30a was significantly higher, and beclin1 level was significantly lower in women with MUO compared to those in women with MHO (P<0.001; for both). People with MUO were significantly older (P<0.001) and had higher TSH (P=0.006), HbA1c (P<0.001), triglyceride (P<0.001), and ALT (P<0.001) compared to women with MHO. However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in any anthropometric measurements, HDL-C or LDL-C. In univariate analyses, age, ALT, TSH, microRNA-30a, and beclin1 were significantly correlated with the MUO phenotype (P<0.001; for all). Significance was confirmed in the multivariate analysis for microRNA-30a (95% CI 1.317-28.252; P=0.021). Conclusion: MicroRNA-30a, beclin1, age, and ALT and TSH levels were significantly associated with the MUO phenotype, among which microRNA-30a was the best indicator of metabolic syndrome in women with obesity.

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