miRNA expression profiles of EVs from healthy control and MDS patients

To investigated dysregulated miRNAs in human MDS patients, we performed miRNA-sequencing (miRNA-seq) of serum EVs from 38 MDS patients and 8 healthy subjects. The miRNA profile in EVs from MDS patients was distinctly clustered from that in healthy individuals. In addition, the miRNAs significantly upregulated in the MDS group target pathways linked to cell survival, proliferation, and MSC differentiation, indicating that they have remarkably similar properties to miRNAs in murine EVs from MDS cells. These results suggest that miRNAs play an essential role in the MSC impairment observed in MDS. Overall design: Experiments using serum derived EVs from healthy control (n=8) and MDS patients (n=38).