A PRELIMINARY microRNA ANALYSIS OF NON SYNDROMIC THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Patuzzo C1,*, Pasquali A1, Malerba G1, Trabetti E1, Pignatti PF1, Tessari M2, Faggian G2
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Cristina Patuzzo, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134,Verona, Italy; Tel.: +39-45-802-7207; Fax: +39-45-802-7180; E-mail: cristina.patuzzo@univr.it
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RESULTS

The oligonucleotide probes on the microarrays complemented 728 mature miRNAs. Differentially expressed miRNAs ranged from –2.24-fold down regulation to +7.20-fold up regulation, and are listed in Table 1. Out of 728 miRNAs detected, 87 resulted differentially expressed in males (11 down- and 76 up-regulated in TAA) and 28 in females (eight down and 20 up-regulated in TAA), compared to their controls. Five and 11 of these miRNAs were down and up regulated in both male and female TAAs, respectively, for a total of 16 sex-insensitive differentially expressed miRNAs. No miRNA was regulated in the opposite direction in one sex compared to the other. Table 2 shows the most interesting coordinated gene expression pathways resulting from Diana mirPath software analysis. A multiple testing correction was performed according to Bonferroni’s method [14], as indicated in Table 2. Focal adhesion was the most gene enriched pathway. It was putatively targeted by the 11 sex-insensitive up-regulated miRNAs (adjusted p value 5.43E-09). Adherens junction-related genes were also preferentially indicated, putatively targeted by the five sex-insensitive down-regulated miRNAs (adjusted p value 7.12E- 06) and apparently also by the up-regulated miRNAs (adjusted p value 2.56E-04). Another significant pathway was the regulation of actin cytoskeleton (adjusted p value 3.12E-04) that resulted from up-regulated miRNAs analysis.



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