Circulating RNAs as potential biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Ravnik-Glavač, Metka (author), Glavač, Damjan (author)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a complex multi-system neurodegenerative disorder with currently limited diagnostic and no therapeutic options. Despite the intense efforts no clinically applicable biomarkers for ALS are yet established. Most current research is thus focused, in particular, in identifying potential non-invasive circulating biomarkers for more rapid and accurate diagnosis and monitoring of the disease. In this review, we have focused on messenger RNA (mRNA), non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), micro RNAs (miRNAs) and circular RNA (circRNAs) as potential biomarkers for ALS in peripheral blood serum, plasma and cells. The most promising miRNAs include miR-206, miR-133b, miR-27a, mi-338-3p, miR-183, miR-451, let-7 and miR-125b. To test clinical potential of this miRNA panel, a useful approach may be to perform such analysis on larger multi-center scale using similar experimental design. However, other types of RNAs (lncRNAs, circRNAs and mRNAs) that, together with miRNAs, represent RNA networks, have not been yet extensively studied in blood samples of patients with ALS. Additional research has to be done in order to find robust circulating biomarkers and therapeutic targets that will distinguish key RNA interactions in specific ALS-types to facilitate diagnosis, predict progression and design therapy.

• Language: English
• Keywords: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, circulating biomarkers, circulating RNAs, blood, miRNA, IncRNA, circRNA, mRNA, ceRNET
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: MF - Faculty of Medicine
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: 21 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 21, iss. 5, art. 1714
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128789
• UDC: 616
• ISSN on article: 1422-0067
• DOI: 10.3390/ijms21051714
• COBISS.SI-ID: 34467843
• Publication date in RUL: 29.07.2021

RAVNIK-GLAVAČ, Metka and GLAVAČ, Damjan, 2020, Circulating RNAs as potential biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. International journal of molecular sciences [online]. 2020. Vol. 21, no. 5,  1714. [Accessed 18 April 2025]. DOI 10.3390/ijms21051714. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=128789

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of molecular sciences
• Shortened title: Int. j. mol. sci.
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1422-0067
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2779162

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 03.05.2020

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: amiotrofična lateralna skleroza, biomarkerji v obtoku, RNA v obtoku, kri

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P3-0054
• Name: Patologija in molekularna genetika