Project description:With the increasing aging population, the incidence of osteoporosis is increasing year by year. Fractures caused by osteoporosis are one of the main causes of disability and death in elderly people. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to recruit postmenopausal osteoporosis and healthy patients, collect their blood and isolate serum, screen for miRNAs related to osteoporosis through exosomal miRNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, validate these molecules through experiments, and finally screen for key miRNAs.
Project description:Background: Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease characterised by bradykinesia, rest tremor and rigidit, affects approximately 6.1 million people worldwide. Although its aetiology was attributed to accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein species and subsequent loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, recently, systemic factors contributing to its initiation and progression have gained increasing recognition. Specifically, exosomes, a kind of extracellular vesicles in the size range of ∼30 to ∼200 nm, have been highlighted as crucial mediators in orchestrating the intricate intercellular communication in PD. Among its cargos, miRNAs, with its ability to promote target mRNA degradation and inihibit translation, have been identiifed as promising biomarkers and therpaeutic targets. Nonetheless, the effect of anti-parkinsonism medication on the serum exosome miRNA profiles of PD patients remain lagrely unexplored. Objective: To examine the effects of rasagiline, a potentially neuroprotective monoamine oxidase B inihibitor, on the serum exosome miRNA profile of PD patients.
Project description:Background: Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease characterised by bradykinesia, rest tremor and rigidit, affects approximately 6.1 million people worldwide. Although its aetiology was attributed to accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein species and subsequent loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, recently, systemic factors contributing to its initiation and progression have gained increasing recognition. Specifically, exosomes, a kind of extracellular vesicles in the size range of ∼30 to ∼200 nm, have been highlighted as crucial mediators in orchestrating the intricate intercellular communication in PD. Among its cargos, miRNAs, with its ability to promote target mRNA degradation and inihibit translation, have been identiifed as promising biomarkers and therpaeutic targets. Nonetheless, the effect of anti-parkinsonism medication on the serum exosome miRNA profiles of PD patients remain lagrely unexplored. Objective: To examine the effects of rasagiline, a potentially neuroprotective monoamine oxidase B inihibitor, on the serum exosome miRNA profile of PD patients.
Project description:Background: Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease characterised by bradykinesia, rest tremor and rigidit, affects approximately 6.1 million people worldwide. Although its aetiology was attributed to accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein species and subsequent loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, recently, systemic factors contributing to its initiation and progression have gained increasing recognition. Specifically, exosomes, a kind of extracellular vesicles in the size range of ∼30 to ∼200 nm, have been highlighted as crucial mediators in orchestrating the intricate intercellular communication in PD. Among its cargos, miRNAs, with its ability to promote target mRNA degradation and inihibit translation, have been identiifed as promising biomarkers and therpaeutic targets. Nonetheless, the effect of anti-parkinsonism medication on the serum exosome miRNA profiles of PD patients remain lagrely unexplored. Objective: To examine the effects of rasagiline, a potentially neuroprotective monoamine oxidase B inihibitor, on the serum exosome miRNA profile of PD patients.
Project description:Background: Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease characterised by bradykinesia, rest tremor and rigidit, affects approximately 6.1 million people worldwide. Although its aetiology was attributed to accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein species and subsequent loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, recently, systemic factors contributing to its initiation and progression have gained increasing recognition. Specifically, exosomes, a kind of extracellular vesicles in the size range of ∼30 to ∼200 nm, have been highlighted as crucial mediators in orchestrating the intricate intercellular communication in PD. Among its cargos, miRNAs, with its ability to promote target mRNA degradation and inihibit translation, have been identiifed as promising biomarkers and therpaeutic targets. Nonetheless, the effect of anti-parkinsonism medication on the serum exosome miRNA profiles of PD patients remain lagrely unexplored. Objective: To examine the effects of rasagiline, a potentially neuroprotective monoamine oxidase B inihibitor, on the serum exosome miRNA profile of PD patients.
Project description:Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a type of highly aggressive cancer arising from the biliary system. Through serum exosome miRNA sequencing, we screened out the differentially expressed miRNA in patients with cholangiocarcinoma(CCA) and common bile duct stones(CBDS).
Project description:To further development of our miRNA diagnostic approach to Kawasaki disease(KD), we have employed microRNA microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify microRNAs as the potential biomarkers to rapidly diagnose Kawasaki disease. Pooled exosome of serum in equal amount from 5 healthy children, 5 KD patients and 5 KD patients after Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy were used for microRNA microarray analysis. MicroRNA profile of exosome from Kawasaki disease(KD) was analyzed by microRNA microarray analysis in 5 healthy children, 5 KD patients and 5 KD patients after IVIG therapy.
Project description:To understand the role of exosome miRNAs in AIS disease and to explore the miRNAs and the potential mechanisms related to the occurrence and development of the disease. This research collected serum samples from AIS patients and healthy volunteers and extracted exosome miRNA. The exosome miRNA associated with AIS was screened by illumina high-throughput sequencing . The differentially expressed target genes related to miRNAs were analyzed using bioinformatics analysis including GO functional enrichment analysis, KEGG pathway enrichment analysis, and the screening of key genes via PPI diagram. These differentially expressed mRNAs were indicated an important role in a variety of biological processes and multiple pathways of AIS disease.