miR-126 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Negatively Correlates with Risk and Severity and is Associated with Inflammatory Cytokines as well as Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
Finally, analysis of miR-126 expression in circulating MPs in 176 patients with coronary artery disease revealed a reduced PCI rate in patients with high miR-126 expression level, supporting a central role for MP-incorporated miR-126 in vascular remodelling.
MVs containing miR-126 and miR-199a but not freely circulating miRNA expression predict the occurrence of CV events in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
Interestingly, most of the highly expressed microRNAs that were lower in the blood of patients with coronary artery disease are known to be expressed in endothelial cells (eg, miR-126 and members of the miR-17 approximately 92 cluster).