Affiliation:
1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Center for Noncoding RNA Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Rd, Beijing 100191, China
Abstract
It is well known that significant differences exist between males and females in both physiology and disease. Thus, it is important to identify and analyze sex-biased miRNAs. However, previous studies investigating sex differences in miRNA expression have predominantly focused on healthy individuals or restricted their analysis to a single disease. Therefore, it is necessary to comprehensively identify and analyze the sex-biased miRNAs in diseases. For this purpose, in this study, we first identified the miRNAs showing sex-biased expression between males and females in diseases based on a number of miRNA expression datasets. Then, we performed a bioinformatics analysis for these sex-biased miRNAs. Notably, our findings revealed that women exhibit a greater number of conserved miRNAs that are highly expressed compared to men, and these miRNAs are implicated in a broader spectrum of diseases. Additionally, we explored the enriched transcription factors, functions, and diseases associated with these sex-biased miRNAs using the miRNA set enrichment analysis tool TAM 2.0. The insights gained from this study could carry implications for endeavors such as precision medicine and possibly pave the way for more targeted and tailored approaches to disease management.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Genetics (clinical),Genetics
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