Research Article

Associations of Serum MicroRNA with Bone Mineral Density in Community-Dwelling Subjects: The Yakumo Study

Table 4

Results of studies on serum miRNAs related to osteoporosis.

AuthorsNumber (age)miRNA related to osteoporosis

Feichtinger et al. [14]36 patients ( years)miR-29b-3p, miR-324-3p, and miR-550a-3p
Kocijan et al. [13]36 patients ( years) and 39 control subjects ( years)miR-155-5p, miR-181c-5p, miR-203a, miR-330-3p, and miR-942-5p,
Ramirez-Salazar et al. [12]20 patients with fracture, 46 patients with osteoporosis, 28 patients with osteopenia, and 42 controlhsa-miR-885-5p, hsa-miR-17-5p, hsa-miR-1227-3p, hsa-miR-23b-3p, hsa-miR-140-3p, hsa-miR-139-5p, hsa-miR-197-3p
Yavropoulou et al. [11]35 postmenopausal patients with fracture ( years), 35 postmenopausal patients without fracture ( years), and 30 control subjects ( years)miR-21-5p, miR-23a, miR-29a-3p, miR-124-3p, and miR-2861
Weilner et al. [10]19 patients with fracture and 18 controlmiR-22-3p, miR-328-3p, and let-7g-5p
Seeliger et al. [8]10 osteoporotic samples and 10 controlmiR-21, miR-23a, miR-24, miR-93, miR-100, miR-122a, miR-124a, miR-125b, and miR-148a
Li et al. [9]120 postmenopausal womenmiR-21 and miR-133a
Ma et al. [36]21 patients with fracture, 86 cases with osteopenia or osteoporosis, and 14 controlmiR-181c-5p, miR-497-5p
The current study352 subjects (139 men, 213 women; mean age:  yrs)miR-195 (female) and miR-150 (male)