Table 1.
Non-coding RNAs investigated in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) in three examples of respiratory diseases. miRNAs are classified accordingly to their reported nature as disease-differentiating or associated with the clinical parameter.
| Disease | miRNA | lncRNA | circRNA | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Differentiating | Clinically Correlated/Associated | |||||
| (↑) | (↓) | |||||
| Cystic fibrosis | No reports | No reports | miRNA-1247 miRNA-1276 miRNA-449c miRNA-3170 miRNA-432-5p miRNA-548 miR-27b-3p |
No reports | No reports | miRNA: [18,19] |
| Asthma | No reports | miR-1248 ### miR-1291 ### let-7a ### miR-133a miR-155 miR-570-3p # |
No reports | No reports | No reports | miRNA: [21,22,23,24] |
| Interstitial lung diseases | No reports | miR-29a | No reports | No reports | No reports | miRNA: [25,26] |
# specific local airway expression in comparison to peripheral; ### disease-specific expression pattern (in contrast to healthy controls or different pulmonary disease).