Correlation between Plasma microRNA Expression and Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / 中国实验血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the microRNA (miRNA) expression in plasma of patients with aGVHD and without aGVHD after allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The miRNAs (miR-423, mirR199a-3p, miR93*, miR377) expression levels in peripheral blood plasma of 25 patients before and after allo-HSCT were detected by real-time PCR.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>miR-423, miR199a-3p and miR-93* in aGVHD group were significantly upregulated (P<0.05); miR-377 expression was not significantly different between aGVHD and non-aGVHD (P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The expression of miR-423, miR-199a-3p, miR-93* are upregulated in aGVHD group, which can be used as biomarkes to monitor and to diagnose aGVHD.</p>