MicroRNA role in hereditary genetic diseases

Abstract

To date, about 7,000 hereditary diseases are known. However, modern diagnostic methods reveal the cause of the disease in about 40% of cases. This is partly due to the complexity and wide variety of molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis. MicroRNAs are one of the most powerful genes expression regulators. But their participation in the pathogenesis of hereditary diseases has not yet been studied enough because of the difficulties in finding such disorders. In this work, we collected and analyzed pathogenesis of hereditary diseases mediated by dysregulation of gene expression by microRNA. such cases have been identified for such hereditary diseases as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, beta-thalassemia, glaucoma, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Landouzy-Dejerine, Hirschsprung disease, Rett syndrome, Tourette syndrome, pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease).