Biology:mir-765 microRNA precursor family

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mir-765
Identifiers
Symbolmir-765
RfamRF01027
miRBase familyMIPF0000545
Other data
RNA typemicroRNA
Domain(s)Eukaryota;
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology mir-765 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms.

Traumatic Brain Injury

miR-765 has been identified as a diagnostic marker for traumatic brain injury (TBI), due to significantly elevated levels in the plasma of TBI patients. Furthermore, combination with either miR-16 or miR-92a allows extremely accurate distinction between TBI patients and healthy controls.[1]

miR-765 and pheochromocytomas

Increased miR-765 expression is observed in Von Hippel-Lindau disease compared with the sporadic benign forms of pheochromocytomas.[2] It has been linked to neuronal plasticity through the neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 3 (NTRK3) gene. A NTRK3 3'UTR variant, ss102661458, is located in a functional target site of miR-765 and is able to significantly affect miRNA-mediated NTRK3 regulation. Through this there is restoration of the altered gene expression by miR-765. NTRK3 is underexpressed with high or overexpressed levels of miR-765, thus pointing towards a possible involvement of this relationship in pheochromocytoma pathogenesis.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Human traumatic brain injury alters plasma microRNA levels.". J. Neurotrauma 27 (12): 2147–56. 2010. doi:10.1089/neu.2010.1481. PMID 20883153. 
  2. "MicroRNA expression profiling in benign (sporadic and hereditary) and recurring adrenal pheochromocytomas.". Mod. Pathol. 23 (12): 1583–95. 2010. doi:10.1038/modpathol.2010.164. PMID 20818339. 
  3. "Allele variants in functional MicroRNA target sites of the neurotrophin-3 receptor gene (NTRK3) as susceptibility factors for anxiety disorders.". Hum. Mutat. 30 (7): 1062–71. 2009. doi:10.1002/humu.21005. PMID 19370765. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19370765. 

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