TY - JOUR T1 - The Highlighted Roles of Metabolic and Cellular Response to Stress Pathways Engaged in Circulating hsa-miR-494-3p and hsa-miR-661 in Alzheimer’s Disease TT - JF - انستیتو-پاستور-ایران JO - انستیتو-پاستور-ایران VL - 25 IS - 1 UR - http://ibj.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-3238-en.html Y1 - 2021 SP - 62 EP - 67 KW - Alzheimer’s disease KW - Serum KW - Circulating microRNAs N2 - Background: Among different roles of miRNAs in AD pathogenesis, hsa-miR-494-3p and hsa-miR-661 functions are poorly understood. Methods: To obtain the gene targets, gene networks, gene ontology, and enrichment analysis of the two miRNAs, some web servers were utilized. Furthermore, the expressions of these miRNAs were analyzed by qRT-PCR in 36 blood sera, including 18 Alzheimer’s patients and 18 healthy individuals. Results: The in silico analysis demonstrated the highlighted roles of metabolic and cellular response to stress pathways engaged in circulating hsa-miR-494-3p and hsa-miR-661 in AD. The qRT-PCR analysis showed that the downregulated expression level of hsa-miR-661 was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Also, the ROC curve of hsa-miR-661 displayed the significant AUC (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Based on our findings, the metabolic and cellular responses to stress pathways are closely connected to these two miRNAs functions. Besides, the qRT-PCR and Roc curve determined hsa-miR-661 could be as a biomarker for diagnosis or prognosis of AD patients. M3 10.29252/ibj.25.1.62 ER -