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Table 6 Summary of circulating SENAs associated with disease state and severity of Parkinson’s disease in human patients

From: Brain alarm by self-extracellular nucleic acids: from neuroinflammation to neurodegeneration

SENA

Study population

Sample type

RNA/DNA name

Findings

References

miRNA

73 HC

75 PD

Plasma

miR-153

Downregulated in PD patients compared to HC

Expression positively correlates with disease duration and severity

[415]

78 HC

78 PD

PBMC

miR- 34a, miR-125a

Reduced in PD patients

Expression inversely correlates with disease severity

[429]

50 HC

68 PD

Serum

miR-374a-5p

Decreased in PD patients

Expression is negatively correlated with disease severity

[176]

126 HC

148 PD

Serum

miR-30c-5p, miR-373

Upregulated in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity

[454]

44 HC

82 PD

Serum

miR-132-3p, miR-146a-5p

Decreased in PD patients

Expression negatively correlates with disease severity

[341]

14 HC

15 PD

Plasma-derived pure small extracellular

vesicles

miR‑34a‑5p

Downregulated in PD patients

Expression inversely correlates with disease duration and severity

[136]

14 HC

30 PD

PBMC

miR-27a-3p

Decreased in PD patients (all stages)

Expression negatively correlates with disease severity

[104]

miR-27b-3p

Increased in PD patients (early stage)

Expression decreased along with the disease severity

24 HC

23 PD

Serum

miR-214

Upregulated in early stage PD patients

Expression negatively correlates with disease duration, severity of anxiety and non-motor symptoms

[426]

60 HC

80 PD

Serum

miR-150

Reduced in PD patients

Expression inversely correlates with blood levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines

[212]

25 HC

33 PD

PBMC

miR-376a

Increased in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity

[17]

16 HC

36 PD

PBMC

miR-885, miR-17

Upregulated in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity

[24]

miR-361

Downregulated in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity

222 HC

269 PD

Plasma

miR-132

Increased in PD patients

Expression is positively related with the disease duration and severity

[433]

43 HC

37 PD

PBMC

miR-155-5p

Elevated in PD patients

Downregulation by L-dopa treatment

[38]

80 HC

80 PD

Serum

miR-29a, miR-29c

Decreased in PD patients

Expression negatively correlates with disease severity

[18]

42 HC

44 PD

CSF

miR-144-5p, miR-200a-3p, miR-542-3p

Upregulated in PD patients

Expression is positively associated with disease severity

[270]

112 HC

138 PD

Serum

miR-221

Reduced in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity

[247]

lncRNA

84 HC

97 PD

Serum

TUG1

Upregulated in PD patients compared to HC

Expression positively correlates with disease severity and blood levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines

[54]

13 HC

32 PD

Plasma-derived exosomes

MKRN2–42:1

Decreased in PD patients

Expression is positively associated with disease severity

[395]

196 HC

228 PD

Serum

MALAT1

Increased in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with cognitive impairment, motor symptoms severity and blood levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines

[428]

78 HC

78 PD

PBMC

ANRIL

Elevated in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity

[429]

30 HC

30 PD

Plasma

MEG3

Decreased in PD patients

Expression negatively correlates with disease stage, severity of non-motor symptoms and cognitive decline

[314]

85 HC

93 PD

Neuronal-derived plasma exosomes

linc-POU3F3

Upregulated in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease stage, motor symptoms severity and cognitive impairment

[484]

93 HC

99 PD

Serum

RMST

Increased in PD patients

Expression positively correlates with disease severity and blood levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines

[47]

circRNA

100 HC

300 PD

Plasma

circ_0085869, circ_0004381, circ_0017204, circ_0090668

Upregulated in PD patients (all stages) compared to HC

Increased in early PD (stage 1) patients compared to HC

Elevated levels in late PD (stage 2–5) compared to early PD (stage 1) patients

[472]

40 PD

Plasma

circEPS15

Expression inversely correlates with motor symptoms severity

[476]

6 HC

6 PD

Whole blood-derived exosomes

circ_0001535

circ_0000437

Elevated in PD patients

Reduced in PD patients after 2-week multidisciplinary rehabilitation

[92]

cfDNA

20 HC

20 PD

CSF

8-OHdG (oxidized cfDNA)

Increased concentration in PD patients

Concentration positively correlated with duration of disease

[166]

10 HC

56 PD

CSF

mtDNA

Reduced copy number in PD patients compared to HC

No correlation with cognitive impairment

[310]

262 HC

363 PD

Peripheral white blood cells

mtDNA

Decreased copy number in PD patients

No correlation with cognitive impairment

[309]

12 HC

21 PD

CSF

mtDNA

Reduced copy number in PD patients compared to HC

Higher proportion of mtDNA molecules with deletions in PD patients

[308]

  1. 8-OHdG: 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine; ANRIL: antisense non-coding RNA in the INK locus; cfDNA: cell-free DNA; circRNA, circular RNA; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; HC: healthy control; linc-POU3F3: long intergenic noncoding RNA POU class 3 homeobox 3; lncRNAs: long non-coding RNA; MALAT1: metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1; MEG3: maternally expressed 3; miRNA: microRNA; MKRN2: makorin ring finger protein 2; mtDNA: mitochondrial DNA; PBMC: peripheral blood mononuclear cells; PD: Parkinson’s Disease; RMST: rhabdomyosarcoma 2-associated transcript; SENA: self-extracellular nucleic acid; TUG1: taurine-upregulated gene 1