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SUBMITTER: Coffey S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120312 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coffey Sean S Williams Michael J A MJ Phillips L Vicky LV Galvin Ivor F IF Bunton Richard W RW Jones Gregory T GT
Scientific reports 20161123
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with no effective medical therapies. Investigation into the underlying biology of AS in humans is limited by difficulties in obtaining healthy valvular tissue for use as a control group. However, micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) are stable in post-mortem tissue. We compared valve specimens from patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for AS to non-diseased cadaveric valves. We found 106 differentially expressed miRNAs ( ...[more]