Project description:Exosomal miRNAs including 86 exosomal miRNAs were significantly increased and 354 exosomal miRNAs were significantly decreased in the co-injection group compared to LLC injection alone through expression profiling of a total of 1903 genes.
Project description:To investigate the possibilities of circulating exosomal miRNAs in the early screening and prevention of diabetic retinopathy(DR), and to explore how the exosomal miRNAs functioning in DR. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from small RNA-seq of 3 diabetes mellitus(DM) patients and 3 DR patients.
Project description:To investigate the expression pattern of exosomal miRNAs in pediatric atopic dermatitis patients, we performed miRNA-Seq of plasmal exosome from 5 patients and 5 healthy controls. We identify 40 differentially expressed exosomal miRNAs (DEPEMs) and found their target genes were involved in multiple functions and pathways associated with AD through GO and KEGG pathway analysis.
Project description:We used miRNA-seq and bioinformatics to analyze and annotate the expression profiles exosomal miRNAs in pancreatic cancer cells after radiation, compared with the unirradiated cells. A total of 481 miRNAs were identified, and 284 miRNAs were annotated in miRBase. There were 22 filtered differentially expressed miRNAs (9 for up-regulated and 13 for down-regulated, fold change > 2, p-value < 0.05). This study provides the results of exosomal miRNA change in pancreatic cancer cells after radiation.
Project description:Purpose: To identify a panel of plasma exosomal miRNAs as potential biomarkers for lung cancer from the genome-wide set of currently known human miRNAs. Methods: Plasma samples from 4 lung cancer patients and 4 patients with benign lung disease were collected, and plasma exosomes were extracted by ultracentrifugation. Exosomal miRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing based on Illumina NextSeq 500 platform. And differentially expressed exosomal miRNAs between lung cancer and benign lung disease were identified by edgeR with the default threshold of |log2 (fold change) | ≥ 1.5 and P-value < 0.05. Results: A total of 983 detectable exosomal miRNAs were analyzed to identify differentially expressed miRNAs between two groups. There were 6 significantly up-regulated miRNAs and 63 significantly down-regulated miRNAs in lung cancer cases when compared with benign lung disease. Conclusion: The comparative analysis of plasma exosomal miRNAs between lung cancer and benign lung diseases provided a reference for exploring potential biomarkers of lung cancer. And the clinical value of candidate exosomal miRNAs needs to be further verified in lung cancer clinical trials.
Project description:To reveal the relationship between circulating exosomal miRNAs and the disease severity of psoriasis, we performed next-generation sequencing from plasma exosomes of patients with high psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) score (>10) and low PASI score (<5). We identified 19 differentially expressed exosomal miRNAs that were significantly different between the groups. We validated the top three up-and down-regulated exosomal miRNAs using quantitative real-time PCR.
Project description:Exosomal miRNAs play important roles in cancer progression and therapeutic resistance and have shown great potential as liquid biopsy biomarkers for cancer diagnosis/prognosis. We investigated for the first time plasma exosomal miRNAs for their association with and early detection potential of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). RNA-sequencing was performed to identify candidate exosomal miRNAs associated with development of CRPC in 24 treatment-naive prostate cancer (PCa) and 24 CRPC patients.
Project description:The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate exosomal miRNAs in serum as early diagnostic markers for gastric cancer (GC). Methods: Using next-generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics, we identified candidate serum exosomal miRNA markers for early detection of GC in patients. The candidates were further validated by qRT-PCR in 50 newly recruited early-stage GC patients and matched healthy individuals. Results: NGS revealed that the average mappable reads in the RNA libraries were about 6.5 million per patient. A total of 66 up and 13 down-regulated exosomal miRNAs were found in the screened cohort after removal of log2 transformed read counts <5 and p >0.05. In the validation cohort, by comparing candidate exosomal miRNAs levels in early-stage GC patients and healthy individuals, higher levels of miR-92b-3p, let-7g-5p, miR-146b-5p and miR-9-5p were found to be significantly associated with GC. Diagnostic power of the combined panels of the exosomal miRNAs or the combination of exosomal miRNAs and CEA outperformed that of single exosomal miRNA marker for establishing a diagnosis of early-stage GC. In addition, serum levels of exosomal miR-92b-3p were significantly associated with low adhesion, let-7g-5p and miR-146b-5p were significantly correlated with nerve infiltration, and miR146b-5p was statistically correlated with tumor invasion depth in early-stage GC. Conclusions: Serum exosomal miR-92b-3p, -146b-5p, -9-5p, and let-7g-5p may serve as potential noninvasive biomarkers for early diagnosis of GC. Further validation of these candidate exosomal miRNAs in larger experimental cohorts are required in order to confirm the diagnostic values.
Project description:The key exosomal miRNAs in adaptive response to drug-induced liver (DILI) and liver regeneration were investigated and proved. This study aimed to decipher the mechanism of restorative events in the adaptive response to DILI by investigating circulating exosomal miRNAs. Using toosendanin-induced liver injury model, exosomal miR-106b-5p was identified as a robust driver in the adaptive response of TILI.