title: MicroRNAs expression profiles in cardiovascular diseases.
abstract: The current search for new markers of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is explained by the high morbidity and mortality still observed in developed and developing countries due to cardiovascular events. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) have emerged as potential new biomarkers and are small sequences of RNAs that regulate gene expression at posttranscriptional level by inhibiting translation or inducing degradation of the target mRNAs. Circulating miRNAs are involved in the regulation of signaling pathways associated to aging and can be used as novel diagnostic markers for acute and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular pathologies. This review summarizes the biogenesis, maturation, and stability of miRNAs and their use as potential biomarkers for coronary artery disease (CAD), myocardial infarction (MI), and heart failure (HF).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal ; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bronze-da-Rocha
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D035683:MicroRNAs; D012333:RNA, Messenger