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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2020

Multi-Omics Identifies Circulating miRNA and Protein Biomarkers for Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.

Christopher R Heier, Aiping Zhang, Nhu Y Nguyen, Christopher B Tully, Aswini Panigrahi, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Sachchida Nand Pandey, Michela Guglieri, Monique M Ryan, Paula R Clemens and 12 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 13 institutions in 5 countries.

Christopher R HeierDepartment of Genomics and Precision Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7914-2068
Aiping ZhangCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Nhu Y NguyenCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3220-6364
Christopher B TullyCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Aswini PanigrahiCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Heather Gordish-DressmanDepartment of Genomics and Precision Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
Sachchida Nand PandeyCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Michela GuglieriNewcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle NE1 3BZ, UK.
Monique M RyanThe Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
Paula R ClemensDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Mathula ThangarajhDepartment of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Richard WebsterChildren's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney 2145, Australia.
Edward C SmithDepartment of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
Anne M ConnollyNationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
Craig M McDonaldDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
Peter KarachunskiDepartment of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Mar TuliniusDepartment of Pediatrics, Gothenburg University, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, 41685 Göteborg, Sweden.
Amy HarperDepartment of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Jean K MahDeparment of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, T2N T3B, Calgary, AB 6A81N4, Canada.
Alyson A FiorilloDepartment of Genomics and Precision Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3458-8036
Yi-Wen ChenCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group Cinrg Investigators
Children's National · USVirginia Commonwealth University · USChildren's Hospital at Westmead · AUDrottning Silvias barn- och ungdomssjukhus · SEDuke Medical Center · USGeorge Washington University · USNationwide Children's Hospital · USNewcastle upon Tyne Hospital · GBRoyal Children's Hospital · AUUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of California Davis Medical Center · USUniversity of Minnesota · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Childrens NationalUL1TR001876 · NCATS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BELL, MICHAEL J · 2016 to 2021
$25.6M
Mechanisms of corticosteroids in dystrophic cardiomyopathyR01HL153054 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI HEIER, CHRISTOPHER RYAN · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Dissociation of efficacy from side effects of anti-inflammatory therapies in Duchenne muscular dystrophyP50HD090254 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VAN DEN ANKER, JOHANNES NICOLAAS · 2019 to 2020
$1.6M
Mechanisms of anti-inflammation and membrane stabilization in muscular dystrophyR00HL130035 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HEIER, CHRISTOPHER RYAN · 2017 to 2019
$730k
A Long-read Sequencing Approach for Investigating Repeat Number and DNA Methylation of the D4Z4 RegionR03NS116444 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHEN, YI-WEN · 2020 to 2021
$179k
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development P50HD090254Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne FED20200121FSHD Society FSHS-82012-05FSHD Society FSHS-82013-01NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR001876NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL130035NHLBI NIH HHS R00HL130035NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL153054NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL153054NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD090254NINDS NIH HHS 1R03NS116444NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS116444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of therapeutics for muscle diseases such as facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is impeded by a lack of objective, minimally invasive biomarkers. Here we identify circulating miRNAs and proteins that are dysregulated in early-onset FSHD patients to develop blood-based molecular biomarkers. Plasma samples from clinically characterized individuals with early-onset FSHD provide a discovery group and are compared to healthy control volunteers. Low-density quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based arrays identify 19 candidate miRNAs, while mass spectrometry proteomic analysis identifies 13 candidate proteins. Bioinformatic analysis of chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-seq data shows that the FSHD-dysregulated DUX4 transcription factor binds to regulatory regions of several candidate miRNAs. This panel of miRNAs also shows ChIP signatures consistent with regulation by additional transcription factors which are up-regulated in FSHD (FOS, EGR1, MYC, and YY1). Validation studies in a separate group of patients with FSHD show consistent up-regulation of miR-100, miR-103, miR-146b, miR-29b, miR-34a, miR-454, miR-505, and miR-576. An increase in the expression of S100A8 protein, an inflammatory regulatory factor and subunit of calprotectin, is validated by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Bioinformatic analyses of proteomics and miRNA data further support a model of calprotectin and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathway dysregulation in FSHD. Moving forward, this panel of miRNAs, along with S100A8 and calprotectin, merit further investigation as monitoring and pharmacodynamic biomarkers for FSHD.

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biomarkerscalprotectindystrophyFSHDmiRNAmuscleproteomics

Identifiers

PMID33228131
PMCPMC7711540
OpenAlexW3105045756

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