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Abnormal expression of long non-coding RNAs RMRP, CTC-487M23.5, and DGCR5 in the peripheral blood of patients with Bipolar disorder

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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recently considered as one of the regulatory mechanisms of the nervous system. Hence, lncRNAs may be considered diagnostic biomarkers for bipolar disorder (BD). We aimed to investigate the expression of RMRP, CTC-487M23.5, and DGCR5 lncRNAs in bipolar patients. The levels of these three lncRNAs were measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 50 BD patients and 50 healthy subjects by real-time PCR. Moreover, we performed a ROC curve analysis between the gene expression and some clinical features of BD patients. Significant upregulation of RMRP and CTC-487M23.5 and no significant change in levels of DGCR5 was observed in BD individuals compared with controls. Also, we found upregulation of RMRP and downregulation of CTC-487M23.5 and DGCR5 in females with BD. The areas under the ROC curve (AUC) for RMRP and CTC-487M23.5 lncRNAs were 0.80 and 0.61, respectively. There was no significant correlation between the expression of these three lncRNAs and clinical features in PBMCs of BD patients. These results suggest a role for RMRP and CTC-487M23.5 in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder. Moreover, the peripheral expression of these two lncRNAs might be beneficial as potential biomarkers for BD.

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The authors would like to thank the clinical Research Development Unit (CRDU) of Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran for their support, cooperation and assistance throughout the period of study.

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  1. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

    Melina Ghamari, Mahdieh Mehrab Mohseni & Zeinab Shirvani-Farsani

  2. Institute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

    Mohammad Taheri

  3. Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Taheri

  4. Department of Psychiatric, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medicals Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Seyedeh Morvarid Neishabouri

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MG and MM-M wrote the manuscript, collected the data, and revised it. ZS-F and MT designed the study, revised and supervised it. SMA collected the samples data and analysed them. All authors approved this manuscript.

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Ghamari, M., Mehrab Mohseni, M., Taheri, M. et al. Abnormal expression of long non-coding RNAs RMRP, CTC-487M23.5, and DGCR5 in the peripheral blood of patients with Bipolar disorder. Metab Brain Dis 39, 313–320 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-023-01316-1

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