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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023

Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of Chagas cardiomyopathy.

Laura Antonietti, Javier Mariani, María Jose Martínez, Manuela Santalla, Natalia Vensentini, Diego Alfredo Kyle, Maximiliano de Abreu, Carlos Tajer, Ezequiel Lacunza, Paola Ferrero

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Laura AntoniettiDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Javier MarianiDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Jose MartínezDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Manuela SantallaCardiovascular Research Center Dr. Horacio Cingolani, Faculty of Medical Sciences, La Plata National University, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Natalia VensentiniDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Diego Alfredo KyleDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Maximiliano de AbreuDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carlos TajerDepartment of Cardiology, El Cruce Hospital, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ezequiel LacunzaBasic and Applied Inmunological Research, Faculty of Medical Sciences, La Plata National University, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Paola FerreroCardiovascular Research Center Dr. Horacio Cingolani, Faculty of Medical Sciences, La Plata National University, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hospital El Cruce · ARCentro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares · ARUniversidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche · ARUniversidad Nacional de La Plata · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Chagas cardiomyopathy (CHCM) is the most important clinical manifestation of Chagas disease. The analysis of cardiac miRNAs may contribute to predicting the progression to CHCM in Chagas indeterminate phase and/or to the differential diagnosis for cardiomyopathy. Methods: We carried out a case-control study to identify circulating miRNAs associated with CHCM. We assigned 104 participants to four groups: healthy controls (HC), Chagas non-cardiomyopathy controls, CHCM cases, and ischemic cardiomyopathy controls. We performed a clinical, echocardiographic, and laboratory evaluation and profiled circulating miRNA in the serum samples. Results: Differences between groups were observed in clinical variables and in the analysis of miRNAs. Compared to HC, CHCM participants had 4 over-expressed and 6 under-expressed miRNAs; miR-95-3p and miR-130b-3p were upregulated in CHCM compared with controls, Chagas non-cardiomyopathy and ischemic cardiomyopathy participants, suggesting that might be a hallmark of CHCM. Analysis of gene targets associated with cardiac injury yielded results of genes involved in arrhythmia generation, cardiomegaly, and hypertrophy. Conclusions: Our data suggest that the expression of circulating miRNAs identified by deep sequencing in CHCM could be associated with different cardiac phenotypes in CHCM subjects, compared with Chagas non-CHCM, ischemic cardiomyopathy controls, and healthy controls.

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biomarkersChagas cardiomyopathyChagas diseasecirculating microRNAsmicroRNAs

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