Review

Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research

Volume: 17 Number: 2 June 30, 2025
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Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a common and complex psychiatric disorder with symptoms that significantly affect public health. Candidate gene studies reported that variants in genes involved in molecular processes associated with schizophrenia such as glutamatergic, dopaminergic, and GABAergic signaling pathways increase the risk of schizophrenia. Yet, the data obtained so far are incomplete for the development of new translational medicine approaches. Although the current research has promising results, it is still insufficient for the development of early diagnosis and treatment methods for schizophrenia management. Recent studies have reported that microRNAs detected in brain tissue and body fluids are differentially expressed in schizophrenia patients and control groups may be related to the etiology of schizophrenia. Although the determination of microRNA profiles associated with schizophrenia pathophysiology is very important for the development of new molecular approaches in the early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the literature is still lacking in this field. Studies reporting schizophrenia-associated microRNAs in the existing literature have some limitations and methodological differences. In this review, we extracted the studies investigating the relationship between schizophrenia and microRNA in the last ten years and it was revealed that sample selection and microRNA detection methods are very important in terms of obtaining consistent results. Non-invasive detection of microRNAs expressed in the brain may have promising results for schizophrenia management. In this context, after a comprehensive literature search, miR-124-3p, miR-16-5p, and miR-34a-5p, which are differentially expressed in schizophrenia patients in the brain and blood, were prioritized as potential epigenetic biomarkers for schizophrenia. Our study provides data that can be utilized for translational medicine approaches to alleviate the burden of the disease in the community.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Behavioural Epigenetics, Behavioural Genetics

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

June 30, 2025

Submission Date

January 30, 2024

Acceptance Date

July 22, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 17 Number: 2

APA
Gümüş, C., Bağcı, F. A., Boztepe, E., Akdağ, E. M., & Pirim, D. (2025). Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 17(2), 283-300. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1428012
AMA
1.Gümüş C, Bağcı FA, Boztepe E, Akdağ EM, Pirim D. Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2025;17(2):283-300. doi:10.18863/pgy.1428012
Chicago
Gümüş, Ceren, Fatih Atilla Bağcı, Esra Boztepe, Emine Merve Akdağ, and Dilek Pirim. 2025. “Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 17 (2): 283-300. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1428012.
EndNote
Gümüş C, Bağcı FA, Boztepe E, Akdağ EM, Pirim D (June 1, 2025) Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 17 2 283–300.
IEEE
[1]C. Gümüş, F. A. Bağcı, E. Boztepe, E. M. Akdağ, and D. Pirim, “Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research”, Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 283–300, June 2025, doi: 10.18863/pgy.1428012.
ISNAD
Gümüş, Ceren - Bağcı, Fatih Atilla - Boztepe, Esra - Akdağ, Emine Merve - Pirim, Dilek. “Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 17/2 (June 1, 2025): 283-300. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1428012.
JAMA
1.Gümüş C, Bağcı FA, Boztepe E, Akdağ EM, Pirim D. Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2025;17:283–300.
MLA
Gümüş, Ceren, et al. “Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, vol. 17, no. 2, June 2025, pp. 283-00, doi:10.18863/pgy.1428012.
Vancouver
1.Ceren Gümüş, Fatih Atilla Bağcı, Esra Boztepe, Emine Merve Akdağ, Dilek Pirim. Current Translational Medicine Approach in Schizophrenia: MicroRNA Research. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2025 Jun. 1;17(2):283-300. doi:10.18863/pgy.1428012
 
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