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ReviewCells2020

The Promise and Challenges of Developing miRNA-Based Therapeutics for Parkinson's Disease.

Simoneide S Titze-de-Almeida, Cristina Soto-Sánchez, Eduardo Fernandez, James B Koprich, Jonathan M Brotchie, Ricardo Titze-de-Almeida

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Unlocking Parkinson's disease: the role of microRNAs in regulation, diagnosis, and therapy.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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  5. New Therapeutic Modalities in Prion Diseases.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2025
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  7. Vesicles: New Advances in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  10. Progress in direct reprogramming of dopaminergic cell replacement therapy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Simoneide S Titze-de-AlmeidaTechnology for Gene Therapy Laboratory, Central Institute of Sciences, FAV, University of Brasilia, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6122-054X
Cristina Soto-SánchezNeuroprosthetics and Visual Rehabilitation Research Unit, Bioengineering Institute, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Alicante, Spain.
Eduardo FernandezNeuroprosthetics and Visual Rehabilitation Research Unit, Bioengineering Institute, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7052-6011
James B KoprichKrembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
Jonathan M BrotchieKrembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
Ricardo Titze-de-AlmeidaTechnology for Gene Therapy Laboratory, Central Institute of Sciences, FAV, University of Brasilia, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5019-4742
Universidade de Brasília · BRUniversitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ESUniversity Health Network · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small double-stranded RNAs that exert a fine-tuning sequence-specific regulation of cell transcriptome. While one unique miRNA regulates hundreds of mRNAs, each mRNA molecule is commonly regulated by various miRNAs that bind to complementary sequences at 3'-untranslated regions for triggering the mechanism of RNA interference. Unfortunately, dysregulated miRNAs play critical roles in many disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the world. Treatment of this slowly, progressive, and yet incurable pathology challenges neurologists. In addition to L-DOPA that restores dopaminergic transmission and ameliorate motor signs (i.e., bradykinesia, rigidity, tremors), patients commonly receive medication for mood disorders and autonomic dysfunctions. However, the effectiveness of L-DOPA declines over time, and the L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias commonly appear and become highly disabling. The discovery of more effective therapies capable of slowing disease progression -a neuroprotective agent-remains a critical need in PD. The present review focus on miRNAs as promising drug targets for PD, examining their role in underlying mechanisms of the disease, the strategies for controlling aberrant expressions, and, finally, the current technologies for translating these small molecules from bench to clinics.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAnimalsBiotechnologyHumansInflammationMicroRNAsParkinson DiseaseTranslational Research, Biomedicalalpha-SynucleinMicroRNAsalpha-synucleingene silencemicroRNAParkinson’s diseaseRNA interferenceRNAi therapeutic

Identifiers

PMID32244357
PMCPMC7226753
OpenAlexW3014945289

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