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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Circulating Tenascin-C/-miR-155-5p Identified as Promising Prognostic Candidates of Intervertebral Disc Herniation.

Catarina Correia, Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, Joana Caldeira, Inês C Ferreira, Hugo Osório, Mário A Barbosa, Milton Severo, Carla Cunha

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Catarina Correiai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0008-9457-3817
Cláudia Ribeiro-Machadoi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4315-7089
Joana Caldeirai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3327-3702
Inês C Ferreirai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0006-2474-9333
Hugo Osórioi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6362-8255
Mário A Barbosai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
Milton SeveroEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.
Carla Cunhai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9096-5644

Funding

FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 10.54499/2022.02110.CEECIND/CP1735/CT0009FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 10.54499/CEECIND/00184/2017/CP1392/CT0001FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia COMPETE2030-FEDER-00691600 - Project nº 15806
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intervertebral disc (IVD) herniation is a complex and multifactorial condition with a challenging diagnosis and limited therapeutic options, highlighting the need for reliable biomarkers to improve clinical decision-making. The aim of this study was to identify circulating prognostic biomarkers of IVD herniation regression. The plasma proteomic profile and the expression of circulating non-coding RNAs were analysed in a rat model of IVD herniation and were correlated with herniation size. Four candidate proteins (TNC, COPS3, JUP, and GNAI2) were significantly correlated with herniation size, with TNC further validated by ELISA. Additionally, miR-143-3p, miR-10b-5p, miR-27a-3p, miR-140-5p, miR-155-5p, miR-146a-5p, and miR-21-5p were positively correlated with herniation size. Moreover, TNC, COPS3, JUP, and GNAI2 were found to be potential targets of miR-155-5p. This study provides the first combined proteomic and miRNA account of preclinical plasma biomarkers of IVD herniation size, where TNC-miR-155-5p emerge as promising elements of a regulatory module with IVD herniation prognostic potential.

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circulating biomarkersdisc herniationintervertebral discmiRNAproteomics

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PMID41596005
PMCPMC12837255

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