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Plasma miR-148b-3p is associated with CKD-related renal dysfunction and carotid plaque burden in patients with established coronary artery disease

Key takeaways

A study of 150 patients with kidney disease found that miR-148b-3p levels correlate with both kidney dysfunction and plaque in the carotid arteries. This link between microRNA and vascular damage could be a target for therapy.

Who did this work

Wenbo Yang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Heze Fan (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Wenjiao Zhang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Yirui Xu (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Qi Kang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Shumei Zhang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Xueying Feng (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Erwei Hu (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Peiyao Zhang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Jiandong Wang (First People's Hospital of Jingzhou) · Hao Yuan (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Lijun Wang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-12
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2026.1908726