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ReviewBiology2025

Effect of Exercise on Regulating miRNA Expression in Brain Health and Diseases.

Jian Zhang, Fengmei Gu, Anand Thirupathi

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Review in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Exercise ModulatesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jian ZhangCollege of Physical Education, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou 239000, China.
Fengmei GuCollege of Physical Education, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou 239000, China.
Anand ThirupathiFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0924-2538

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical exercise induces epigenetic modifications that significantly influence the expression of a set of small non-coding RNAs known as miRNAs. These changes can enhance exercise performance and impact the neurological system, suggesting that understanding miRNA-mediated mechanisms during exercise may offer valuable insights into using exercise as a therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative diseases. The existing literature on exercise-induced molecular pathways often presents inherent biases, complicating the establishment of exercise-induced miRNAs as reliable biomarkers for various chronic conditions due to their variable expression at tissue, organ, and systemic levels. Specifically, miRNA expression can downregulate critical signaling pathways such as TGF-β, FOXO, and NOTCH, which are implicated in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Exercise can override this scenario by targeting the expression of these miRNAs. However, the link between exercise modality-induced benefits (types, intensity, and duration) and the miRNA expression in brain cells is poorly understood. Therefore, this review aims to discuss how exercise-mediated miRNA expression affects brain pathophysiology, particularly in the context of neurodegenerative diseases.

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aerobic exercisebrainmiRNAneurodegenerative diseasesphysical exerciseresistance exercise

Identifiers

PMID40563979
PMCPMC12190132

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