Project description:miRNA differential expression in Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) blood: Microarray analysis of miRNAs in blood from RA and healthy donors.
Project description:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic destructive arthritis. Although helper T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RA, the characteristics of synovium-infiltrating CD4+ T cells are still largely unknown. In this study, we investigated synovium-infiltrating helper T cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Project description:In order to identify new biomarkers for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, we used circRNA microarray technology to screen the differential expression of circRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We identified a total of 399 differentially expressed circRNAs in RA patients and healthy controls, of which 149 circRNAs were significantly up-regulated in RA patients and 250 were down-regulated. Among them, hsa_circRNA_101328 may be a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of RA.