Title:Prediction Models based on miRNA-disease Relationship: Diagnostic
Relevance to Multiple Diseases Including COVID-19
Volume: 24
Issue: 10
Author(s): Varruchi Sharma, Anil K. Sharma*, Mukesh Yadav, Nirmala Sehrawat, Vikas Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Ajay Gupta, Pooja Sharma and Sasanka Chakrabarti
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala (Haryana)
133207, India
Keywords:
MicroRNA, biomarker, diagnosis, prognosis, prediction, therapy, COVID-19.
Abstract:
Background: Small, non-coding microRNAs, usually of 20-25 nucleotides, are known to
regulate the post-transcriptional gene expression, which has a significant role in human biological
processes, including immune-biogenesis, homeostasis and infection control as differential expression
of such miRNAs is responsible for fine-tuning the organismic development.
Methods: A search of bibliographic databases was carried out with a focused question on microRNA-
Disease Prediction. A deductive qualitative content analysis approach was employed to
assess the research's overall outcomes, review articles on prediction tools in miRNA-Diseases, and
analyse the interventions.
Results: Diagnosis and therapeutics of diseases and miRNA prediction methods hold importance in
identifying the regulatory mechanisms. Collections of efficient miRNA prediction methods to identify
miRNA-mRNA-disease regulatory relationships have been presented through this review, consolidating
the potential of miRNAs as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of multiple diseases,
including COVID-19.
Conclusion: The role of miRNA in the aetiology and pathogenesis of wide-range of pathologies,
including viral, bacterial to chronic diseases such as cancer, is quite feasible through the modern
tools in bioinformatics which has been elaborated focusing upon miRNA-disease prediction methods
and their application potential establishing miRNAs as a robust and reliable biomarker in clinicomedical
studies.