Expression Profiling Analysis Reveals Key MicroRNA-mRNA Interactions in Early Retinal Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) that might play an important role in the etiology of retinal degeneration in a genetic mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa (rd10 mice) at initial stages of the disease.

Methods

miRNAs-mRNA interaction networks were generated for analysis of biological pathways involved in retinal degeneration.

Results

Of more than 1900 miRNAs analyzed, we selected 19 miRNAs on the basis of (1) a significant differential expression in rd10 retinas compared with control samples and (2) an inverse expression relationship with predicted mRNA targets involved in biological pathways relevant to retinal biology and/or degeneration. Seven of the selected miRNAs have been associated with retinal dystrophi

SUBMITTER: Anasagasti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5939684 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature