Elucidating the role of miRNA in the modulation of Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) genes in both fibroblasts and firboblast-derived iPSCs.
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ABSTRACT: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disorder that affects the spinal motor neurons and leads to progressive muscle wasting and atrophy. It is caused by a reduction in SMN protein levels due to the mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Human are unique as they possess a homologous pseudogene known as survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a role in either translational repression or mRNA degradation. It has been highlighted that dysregulation of miRNA has been a common feature of motor neuron disease such as SMA. Moreover, it is speculated that the dysregulation of miRNAs expression contributes to the pathophysiology of SMA and the vulnerability of SMN protein can be altered by the modulation of specific miRNA. However, there are still lacking of studies on the dysregulation of miRNAs in human SMA patients using iPSC cell models and how the miRNAs correlate with the SMN protein. Hence, we utilized miRNA microarray to identify the miRNAs dysregulated in SMA patients as compared to normal controls in both fibroblast and its derivative induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Human fibroblasts and iPSCs were cultured and their respective RNA were extracted.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE219262 | GEO | 2024/10/09
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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