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. 2021 Apr 12;8:632392. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.632392

Table 4.

Diagnostic/prognostic significance of miRNAs in CAD (UA, unstable angina; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction).

microRNA Expression pattern Samples Diagnostic/prognostic role ROC curve analysis References
Sensitivity Specificity AUC
miR-142-3p Upregulated Blood samples from 52 CAD patients and 26 normal subjects Distinguishing UA patients from normal subjects 0.805 (38)
miR-142-3p Upregulated Blood samples from 52 CAD patients (including 26 patients with UA and 26 patients with STEMI) and 26 normal subjects Distinguishing STEMI patients from normal subjects 0.840
miR-17-5p Upregulated Blood samples from 52 CAD patients (including 26 patients with UA and 26 patients with STEMI) and 26 normal subjects Distinguishing STEMI patients from normal subjects 0.845
miR-223 Upregulated Plasma samples from 300 patients with coronary heart disease and 100 controls Diagnostic biomarker 0.86 0.913 0.933 (42)
miR-223-3 p Upregulated Serum samples from 314 patients with unstable CAD, 389 patients with stable CAD and 442 controls Discriminating unstable CAD patients from controls 0.76 (41)
miR-122-5 p Upregulated Serum samples from 314 patients with unstable CAD, 389 patients with stable CAD and 442 controls Discriminating unstable CAD patients from controls 0.90
miR-223-3 p
miR-122-5 p
along with age and gender
Upregulated
Upregulated
Serum samples from 314 patients with unstable CAD, 389 patients with stable CAD and 442 controls discriminating unstable CAD patients from controls 0.96
miR-122-5 p Upregulated Serum samples from 314 patients with unstable CAD, 389 patients with stable CAD and 442 controls discriminating stable CAD patients from controls 0.63
miR-223-3 p
miR-122-5 p
along with age and gender
Upregulated
Upregulated
Serum samples from 314 patients with unstable CAD, 389 patients with stable CAD and 442 controls Diagnostic biomarker (discriminating stable CAD patients from controls) 0.80
miR-495-3p Upregulated Blood samples (PBMCs) from 114 patients with stable CAD(including patients with prethrombotic status (PTS) and patients without PTS) and 24 healthy volunteers as controls Discriminating PTS patients from non-PTS patients 0.712 (43)
miR-34a-5p Upregulated Blood samples (PBMCs) from 114 patients with stable CAD(including patients with prethrombotic status (PTS) and patients without PTS) and 24 healthy volunteers as controls Discriminating PTS patients from non-PTS patients 0.780
miR-34a-5palong with fibrinogen Upregulated Blood samples (PBMCs) from 114 patients with stable CAD(including patients with prethrombotic status (PTS) and patients without PTS) and 24 healthy volunteers as controls Discriminating PTS patients from non-PTS patients 0.885
miR-93-5palong with FHS risk factors Upregulated Plasma samples from 50 patients with stable CAD, 50 patients with STEMI and 50 controls Distinguishing CAD patients from controls 0.77 (44)
miR-499a-5palong with FHS risk factors Upregulated Plasma samples from 50 patients with stable CAD, 50 patients with STEMI, and 50 controls Distinguishing STEMI patients from controls 0.93
miR-146a Upregulated Plasma samples from 34 CAD patients with good coronary collateral circulation (CCC) and 44 CAD patients with poor CCC Discriminating CAD patients with good and poor CCC 0.939 (45)
miR-208a Upregulated Plasma samples from 290 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and 110 individuals without CHD Diagnostic biomarker 0.75 0.93 0.919 (46)
miR-208a Upregulated Plasma samples from 95 patients with CAD and 50 individual without CAD Diagnostic biomarker 0.819 (45)
miR-370 Upregulated Plasma samples from 95 patients with CAD and 50 individual without CAD Diagnostic biomarker 0.745
miR-208a
miR-370
Upregulated
Upregulated
Plasma samples from 95 patients with CAD and 50 individual without CAD Diagnostic biomarker 0.856
miR-21 Upregulated Serum samples from 45 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and CAD, 45 patients with DM and heart failure (HF), 45 patients with DM, and 45 matched control subjects discriminating CAD + DM group from controls 0.800 0.911 0.944 (47)
miR-21 Upregulated Serum samples from 45 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and CAD, 45 patients with DM and heart failure (HF), 45 patients with DM, and 45 matched control subjects discriminating CAD + DM group from DM group 0.778 0.667 0.755
miR-21 Upregulated Serum samples from 45 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and CAD, 45 patients with DM and heart failure (HF), 45 patients with DM, and 45 matched control subjects discriminating CAD + DM form HF + DM group 0.711 0.511 0.640
miR-21 Upregulated (in ACS patients compared with CAD patients) 50 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and 50 patients with stable CAD Distinguishing ACS patients from CAD patients 0.775 (48)
miR-151-3p Upregulated (in STEMI group) Plasma samples from 20 patients with STEMI, 20 patients with stable CAD and 20 individuals without CAD Distinguishing patients with STEMI form non-CAD individuals 0.758 (49)
miR-151-3p Upregulated (in STEMI group) Plasma samples from 20 patients with STEMI, 20 patients with stable CAD and 20 individuals without CAD Distinguishing patients with STEMI form patients with stable CAD 0.754
miR-331 Upregulated (in STEMI group) Plasma samples from 20 patients with STEMI, 20 patients with stable CAD and 20 individuals without CAD Distinguishing patients with STEMI form non-CAD individuals 0.790
miR-331 Upregulated (in STEMI group) Plasma samples from 20 patients with STEMI, 20 patients with stable CAD and 20 individuals without CAD Distinguishing patients with STEMI form patients with stable CAD 0.773
miR-221
miR-25-5p
miR-19b-5p
Upregulated
Upregulated
Downregulated
50 CAD patients with heart failure and 48 CAD patients without heart failure CAD patients with heart failure and CAD patients without heart failure 0.860 (40)
miR-221
miR-25-5p
miR-19b-5p
together with hypertension
Upregulated
Upregulated
Downregulated
50 CAD patients with heart failure and 48 CAD patients without heart failure CAD patients with heart failure and CAD patients without heart failure 0.871
miR-941 Upregulated Blood samples from 56 CAD patients [18 patients with STEMI, 18 patients non-ST elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS), and 20 patients with stable angina (SA)] and 16 patients without CAD Distinguishing STEMI patients form patients without CAD 0.896 (50)
miR-941 Upregulated Blood samples from 56 CAD patients (18 patients with STEMI, 18 patients non-ST elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS) and 20 patients with stable angina (SA)) and 16 patients without CAD distinguishing STEMI patients form patients with SA 0.808
miR-941 Upregulated Blood samples from 56 CAD patients [18 patients with STEMI, 18 patients non-ST elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS), and 20 patients with stable angina (SA)] and 16 patients without CAD Distinguishing STEMI patients form patients with NSTE-ACS 0.781
miR-133a Upregulated (in patients with PMI) Serum samples from 80 CAD patients (48 patients with periprocedural myocardial injury (PMI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 32 patients without PMI) Prognostic biomarker (predicting occurrence of PMI) 0.938 0.719 0.891 (51)
miR-25 Upregulated Blood samples (PBMCs) from 72 CAD patients, 30 patients with ICAD and 74 controls Distinguishing CAD patients from controls) 0.85 0.78 0.83 (39)
miR-25 Upregulated Distinguishing CAD patients from patients with ICAD 0.57 0.76 0.66
miR-25 Upregulated Distinguishing ICAD patients from controls 0.62 0.88 0.76
miR-25 Upregulated Distinguishing CAD patients from other subjects 0.85 0.67 0.78
miR-21 Downregulated (in ICAD group) Distinguishing CAD patients from patients with ICAD 0.58 0.83 0.66
miR-21 Downregulated (in ICAD group) Distinguishing ICAD patients from controls 0.79 0.68 0.76
miR-218 Downregulated Serum samples from 104 CAD patients and 101 healthy controls Diagnostic biomarker 0.86 0.86 0.889 (26)
Let-7f
miR-19a
miR-126
miR-210
miR-296
Downregulated
Downregulated
Downregulated
Downregulated
Downregulated
Plasma samples from 286 patients with CAD (including 113 patients with rapid angiographic stenotic progression (RASP) and 173 patients without RASP) Distinguishing RASP patients from non-RASP patients 0.879 (51)
miR-126 Plasma samples from 46 patients with diabetes and CAD, 54 patients with diabetes but without CAD and 20 healthy controls Discriminating diabetic patients with and without CAD 0.91 1 (52)
miR-210 Plasma samples from 46 patients with diabetes and CAD, 54 patients with diabetes but without CAD and 20 healthy controls Discriminating diabetic patients with and without CAD 0.93 1
miR-378 Downregulated Plasma samples from 215 CAD patients and 52 matched healthy subjects Diagnostic biomarker 0.789 (53)
let-7c Downregulated Plasma samples from 69 CAD patients and 30 control individuals Diagnostic biomarker 0.654 (54)
miR-145 Downregulated Diagnostic biomarker 0.670
miR-155 Downregulated Diagnostic biomarker 0.620
let-7c
miR-145
miR-155
Downregulated
Downregulated
Downregulated
Diagnostic biomarker 0.706
miR-132 Serum samples from 1112 patients with CAD (682 patients with stable angina pectoris and 430 patients with acute coronary syndrome) Prognostic biomarker (prediction of cardiovascular death) 0.737 (55)
miR-140-3p Prognostic biomarker (prediction of cardiovascular death) 0.756
miR-210 Prognostic biomarker (prediction of cardiovascular death) 0.754
miR-150 Blood samples (PBMCs) from 72 CAD patients with significant stenosis, 30 CAD patients with insignificant stenosis (ICAD) and 74 healthy controls discriminating CAD patients from healthy controls) 0.90 0.62 0.79 (56)
miR-223 discriminating CAD patients from healthy controls) 0.37 0.91 0.62
miR-150
miR-223
Discriminating CAD patients from healthy controls) 0.89 0.65 0.79
miR-150 - Discriminating CAD patients form ICAD patients 0.40 0.96 0.70
miR-223 Discriminating CAD patients form ICAD patients 0.55 0.89 0.71
miR-150miR-223 Discriminating CAD patients form ICAD patients 0.74 0.83 0.80
miR-423-3p Serum samples form 64 CAD patients and 2,748 control individuals Diagnostic biomarker 0.8 (57)
miR-26 Downregulated 45 patients with type 2 diabetes, 45 patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD and 45 healthy controls Discriminating patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD from healthy controls 0.948 (58)
miR-26 Downregulated 45 patients with type 2 diabetes, 45 patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD and 45 healthy controls discriminating type 2 diabetes patients with and without CAD 0.807
miR-196-5p Downregulated 60 patients with early-onset CAD and 60 age- and gender-matched normal subjects Diagnostic biomarker 0.85 0.72 0.824 (59)
miR-3163-3p Downregulated 60 patients with early-onset CAD and 60 age- and gender-matched normal subjects Diagnostic biomarker 0.57 0.84 0.758
miR-145-3p Downregulated 60 patients with early-onset CAD and 60 age- and gender-matched normal subjects Diagnostic biomarker 0.67 0.82 0.753
miR-190a-5p Downregulated 60 patients with early-onset CAD and 60 age- and gender-matched normal subjects Diagnostic biomarker 0.70 0.75 0.782
miR-196a Downregulated 72 patients with CAD, 30 patients with ICAD and 74 healthy controls distinguishing ICAD patients from CAD patients 0.75 (60)