Review Article

Circulating MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers of Atrial Fibrillation

Table 1

Principal circulating miRNAs involved with atrial fibrillation.

AuthorsCasuisticUpregulatedDownregulated

Liu et al., 2012miR-19a
30 PAF and 30 PersAFmiR-146a
30 no AFmiR-150
miR-375

Dawson et al., 201316 AF with CHF and 17 AF without CHFmiR-21
32 no AF with CHF and 30 controlsmiR-29b

Nishi et al., 201316 AFmiR-21
4 no AF

McManus et al., 20142185 no AFmiR-328
153 AF (prevalent )

Goren et al., 201415 AF with HFmiR-150
26 HF without AF and 35 controls

Soeki et al., 201620 PAF and 10 PersAF (undergoing PV isolation)miR-1
10 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (no AF)miR-328

Wei et al., 201535 AF and 36 AF with HFmiR-126
32 HF without AF and 32 controls

McManus et al., 2015112 AFmiR-21
99 no AFmiR-150

Lu et al., 2015miR-9miR-1
miR-145
miR-162
miR-222
miR-328
miR-432
miR-493b
miR-19
miR-146
112 AFmiR-152
112 no AFmiR-374a
miR-454
miR-634
miR-664

Hoffmann et al., 201617 AF T/T genotypemiR-92b-5p (AF carrying the SHOX2
6 AF T/C genotype3′UTR c.28C allele)

Harling et al., 201713 AFmiR-483-5p
21 no AF

Liu et al., 2016 88 PAF, 8 PersAF, and 4 long-standing PersAFmiR-409-3p
miR-432
100 no AFmiR-328

PAF, paroxysmal AF; PersAF, persistent AF; CHF, congestive heart failure; PV, pulmonary vein.