microRNA profiling by high-throughput sequencing in the substantia nigra and striatum of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) transgenic mice and wild type controls

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal rapidly progressive Ia-synucleinopathy, characterized by prominent Ia-synuclein accumulation in oligodendrocytes. In this study we investigated miRNA expression in the substantia nigra and striatum of MSA transgenic mice (Tg(Plp1-SNCA)1Haa) and wild type controls. This forms part of a larger study in which we investigated miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in substantia nigra and striatum of MSA transgenic mice in pre-motor stage of neurodegenration.