Comprehensive review of genetic association studies and meta-analysis on miRNA polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus …

L Fu, L Jin, L Yan, J Shi, H Wang, B Zhou, X Wu - Human immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small RNA molecules, play a role in the
development and differentiation of immune cells in both innate and adaptive immune
responses. Our study was aimed to investigate the association between three miRNA
polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by using
meta-analysis approach. Methods A PubMed database search was conducted during
August 2013 to identify case–control studies of miRNAs and RA or SLE risk. Two authors …