Table 3 Summary of previous studies of miR-29s in patients with PD.

From: Downregulation of blood serum microRNA 29 family in patients with Parkinson’s disease

 

Samples from subject Groups (n)

Age at inclusion (years; means ± SD)

Gender Men (%)

HY stage

Duration (years; means ± SD)

Normalizers

Results (relate to miR-29s)

Ref.

211(serum)

Controls(95)

67.22 ± 10.72

46.3

miR-17

 

25

IPD(95)

67.7 ± 10.39

40

1–5

9.6 (CI4-12)

miR-106a

miR-29a/c ↓

LRRK2 PD(21)

61.83 ± 11.64

46.3

 

miR-29a/c ↓

92(PBMCs)

Controls(36/10)

67 ± 10/67 ± 7

39/60

  

22

L-dopa-treated(36)

68 ± 11

39

1–3

7 ± 6

RNU24

miR-29a ↑

Untreated (10)

68 ± 7

60

1–2.5

4 ± 3

Z30

miR-29a/b —

23(blood)

Controls(8)

67 ± 8

 

  

24

Untreated(8)

66 ± 6.7

50

1–2

3 ± 2.6

NA

miR-29a ↓

EOPD(7)

45 ± 8.7

 

1–3

7.2 ± 6.6

 

miR-29a —

Treated(4)@

 

 

miR-29a ↓

32(PBMCs)

Controls(13)

64.38 ± 5.92

38.5

Microarrays

 

23

PD(19)

65.11 ± 4.37

52.6

1–5

8.7 ± 5.1

 

miR-29b/c ↓

  1. Abbreviations: LRRK2 PD = Patients with LRRK2-associated Parkinson’s disease carrying the heterozygous G2019S mutation; EOPD = Early-onset Parkinson’s disease; HY stage = Hoehn & Yahr stage; PBMCs = Peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
  2. NA = Not available.
  3. @Selected previously untreated PD patients after 97 (±39) days of the levodopa/carbidopa treatment.