Analysis of plasma microRNA expression profiles in male textile workers with noise-induced hearing loss.

CONCLUSION: The two indicated plasma miRNAs may be biomarkers of indicating responses to noise exposure. However, further studies are necessary to prove the causal association between miRNAs changes and noise exposure, and to determine whether these two miRNAs are clear biomarkers to noise exposure.
PMID: 26278637 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Hearing Research - August 13, 2015 Category: Audiology Authors: Ding L, Liu J, Shen HX, Pan LP, Liu QD, Zhang HD, Han L, Shuai LG, Ding EM, Zhao QN, Wang BS, Zhu BL Tags: Hear Res Source Type: research