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ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2019

Serum miR-17 levels are downregulated in obese, African American women with elevated HbA1c.

Ariel Williams, Dara Mc Dougal, Willysha Jenkins, Natasha Greene, Clarlynda Williams-DeVane, K Sean Kimbro

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Article in Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ariel Williams1Julius l. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., 207 BBRI, Durham, NC 27707 USA.
Dara Mc Dougal1Julius l. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., 207 BBRI, Durham, NC 27707 USA.
Willysha Jenkins1Julius l. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., 207 BBRI, Durham, NC 27707 USA.
Natasha Greene1Julius l. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., 207 BBRI, Durham, NC 27707 USA.
Clarlynda Williams-DeVane1Julius l. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., 207 BBRI, Durham, NC 27707 USA.
K Sean Kimbro1Julius l. Chambers Biomedical/ Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., 207 BBRI, Durham, NC 27707 USA.
North Carolina Central University · US

Funding

Understanding Perceptions of HIV Risk, PrEP, and PrEP use among African American Women Attending an HBCUU54MD012392 · NIMHD · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY · PI Cherise Baldwin Harrington · 2017 to 2026
$38.1M
ROLES OF INFLAMMATION AND ANDROGEN METABOLISM IN PROSTATE CANCER DISPARITYP20MD000175 · NIMHD · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY · PI GREENE, NATASHA · 2002 to 2016
$15.6M
NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD000175NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD012392
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeType 2 diabetes is heterogeneous disease characterized by several conditions including hyperglycemia. It is estimated that over 350 million people worldwide are suffering from type 2 diabetes and this number is expected to rise. According to the CDC, African Americans were observed to have a 40% higher incidence of diabetes compared to European Americans. Epigenetic modulating mechanisms such as microRNAs (miRNAs), have recently been established as a massive regulatory machine in metabolic syndrome, obesity and type 2 diabetes. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the serum levels of circulating miRNA 17 (miR-17) of obese, African American women with elevated HbA

methodsWe investigated miR-17 serum levels using qPCR. Then we used Pairwise Pearson Correlation Test to determine the relationship between clinical metabolic parameters and miR-17 serum levels.

resultsThe results indicated that participants with elevated HbA

conclusionsThe results suggest that serum miR-17 is involved in the regulation of glucose and calcium homeostasis, which may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes.

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African AmericanCalciumDiabetesHbA1CmiR-17Obesity

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PMID31275888
PMCPMC6582114
OpenAlexW2944139894

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