Detection of Deregulated miRNAs in Childhood Epileptic Encephalopathies
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2022
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The term “epileptic encephalopathy” is used to describe a possible relationship between epilepsy and developmental delay. The pathogenesis of developmental encephalopathies, independent of epilepsy, can be defned by genetic control mechanisms. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of miRNAs as serum biomarkers for the determination and discrimination of epileptic encephalopathies. Whole blood samples obtained from 54 individuals in 2 groups designated as epilepticencepha lopathy patients’ group (n=24) and healthy controls (n=30) were included in this study. The expression levels of10 miRNAs were determined using qRT-PCR. After the determination of expression levels, the correlation of upregulated miRNA levels and Ki67 index was calculated using Pearson correlation test. The comparison of epileptic encephalopathy patients’ group with healthy controls revealed the upregulation of one miRNAs (hsa-miR-324-5p) and downregulation of three miRNAs (hsa-miR-146a-5p, hsa-miR-138-5p, hsa-miR-187-3p). It has been determined that miRNAs with altered expression are an important factor in the formation of epileptic seizures and seizure-induced neuronal death. The fact that processes that play a key role in epiloptogenesis are under the control of miRNAs causes miRNAs to become meta-controllers of gene expres sion in the brain.We thought that further studies are needed to prove that especially hsa-miR-146a-5p, hsa-miR-138-5p, and hsa-miR-187-3p can be used as epileptic encephalopathy biomarkers. The detection of disease-specifc miRNAs could contribute to the development of precision treatments
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Epileptic encephalopathy, Childhood, Biomarker, microRNA, Precision medicine
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