Context: There is an urgent need to identify non-invasive biomarkers for the early detection of aortic aneurysms, preceding a fatal event. The potential role for MicroRNAs (miRNAs) as diagnostic markers for aortic aneurysms was investigated through the present systematic review.
Objective: To perform a comprehensive review on published studies examining the association of miRNAs with aortic aneurysms and further validate these results with plasma samples collected from thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) patients.
Methods: The literature search was performed via numerous databases and articles were only included if they fulfilled the predefined eligibility criteria. The miRNAs reported three times or more with expression consistency were validated using plasma samples from TAA patients collected before and following surgery.
Results: Twenty-four articles were selected from the literature search and 11 miRNAs were chosen for validation using our samples. The miRNAs which were further validated were found to follow the trend in the regulation pattern as with the majority of the published data. MiRNA hsa-miR-193a-5p was found to be significantly down-regulated in the plasma samples collected before the aneurysmal removal when compared with postsurgical serum samples.
Conclusions: Numerous miRNAs have been associated with aortic aneurysms, and specifically hsa-miR-193a-5p and hsa-miR-30b-5p; therefore they warrant further investigation as potential biomarkers. Registration: The protocol of the review was registered in Prospero Databases (ID: CRD42016039953).
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