Different expression profiles of miRNAs in preeclampsia and normal placenta (miRNA)

Preeclampsia is usually considered as a placental basis of diseases, as there are many differently expressed proteins or pathogenic proteins expressed in the placenta. Owing to the important role of post-transcriptional gene regulation in phenotypes and functions of cells, non-coding ribonucleic acid (ncRNA) molecules contributed to the regulation. We collected 7 placental samples from 3 preeclampsia patients and 4 normal women, focused on the basal plate of placenta, as it is the direct connection of mother and fetal, and adopted SBC human ceRNA array V1.0（4×180K）and human miRNA microarray (8*60 K). The results revealed that expressions of 2840 lncRNAs, 1093 mRNAs, 4282 circRNAs and 4 miRNAs were different between preeclampsia and normal placentas. The functions of differentially expressed lncRNAs and co-expressed potential targeting genes were predicted by analyzing Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) biological pathway analysis. Furthermore, we analyzed and find the co-expression and interaction patterns of different RNAs and possible ceRNA mechanism. The present study provided a systematic perspective on the potential function of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. 7 placental samples from 3 preeclampsia patients and 4 normal women were enrolled in. there were no replicates, control and/or reference Samples or dye-swaps.