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Systematic meta-analyses identify differentially expressed microRNAs in Parkinson’s disease

The aim of this study was to identify microRNAs that show consistent differential expression across all published expression studies in Parkinson’s disease (PD). To this end, we performed a systematic literature search on microRNA expression studies in PD and meta-analyzed the extracted data. We identified several microRNAs that showed highly significant differential expression in PD blood and brain. Future studies need to assess the possible role of these miRNAs in PD pathogenesis and progression as well as the utility as biomarkers for diagnosis, progression or prediction of PD. The study was published as pre-print on bioRxiv.