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MicroRNA in disease regulation

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Mathilde Mathieu
Åbo Akademi University
2
Botai Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3
Samuel E. Marsh
Broad Institute
4
Ruei-Zeng Lin
Boston Children's Hospital
5
Jessica S. Sadick
Valve (United States)
6
Ugomma C. Eze
Broad Center
7
Roberta De Ceglia
University of Lausanne
8
Yuanzhi Ye
Zhujiang Hospital
9
Revadee Liam‐Or
King's College London
10
Gavin Metcalf
Anglia Ruskin University

Papers

1
Mitochondrial transfer mediates endothelial cell engraftment through mitophagy
Nature|2024
216 cit.
2
Cellular uptake and in vivo distribution of mesenchymal-stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles are protein corona dependent
Nature Nanotechnology|2024
176 cit.
3
MicroRNAs: circulating biomarkers for the early detection of imperceptible cancers via biosensor and machine-learning advances
Oncogene|2024
173 cit.
4
Princesa de Gales e Rei Charles: uma em cada duas pessoas desenvolve câncer durante a vida - as doenças e os tratamentos explicados
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.
5
Leupaxin inhibits the durotaxis and mechanosensitivity of metastatic breast cancer cells
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.
6
Publication in Cancer Letters (2026) [W7143376854]
Cancer Letters|2026
0 cit.
7
Publication in Cancer Immunology Research (2026) [W7165028562]
Cancer Immunology Research|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Fengxiang Wei
Shantou University
2
Kathy S. Lin
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3
Gonçalo Castelo‐Branco
Karolinska Institutet
4
Kiril Bidzhekov
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
5
David G. Meckes
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
6
Hao Xue
Shandong University
7
Petar Glažar
Vertically Integrated Systems (Germany)
8
Luis R. Hernández-Miranda
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
9
Amit Zeisel
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
10
Zhaoshi Bao
Beijing Tian Tan Hospital

Papers

1
Multimodal chromatin profiling using nanobody-based single-cell CUT&Tag
Nature Biotechnology|2022
133 cit.
2
Neuronal types in the mouse amygdala and their transcriptional response to fear conditioning
Nature Neuroscience|2023
114 cit.
3
Cellular architecture of evolving neuroinflammatory lesions and multiple sclerosis pathology
Cell|2024
105 cit.
4
Epigenomic priming of immune genes implicates oligodendroglia in multiple sclerosis susceptibility
Neuron|2022
100 cit.
5
Developmental landscape of human forebrain at a single-cell level identifies early waves of oligodendrogenesis
Developmental Cell|2022
82 cit.
6
Two distinct molecular faces of preeclampsia revealed by single-cell transcriptomics
Med|2023
69 cit.
7
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the lineage progression of fine oligodendrocyte subtypes
BMC Biology|2022
60 cit.
8
The N<sup>6</sup>-methyladenosine-mediated lncRNA WEE2-AS1 promotes glioblastoma progression by stabilizing RPN2
Theranostics|2022
57 cit.
9
Mesenchymal stem cells, as glioma exosomal immunosuppressive signal multipliers, enhance MDSCs immunosuppressive activity through the miR-21/SP1/DNMT1 positive feedback loop
Journal of Nanobiotechnology|2023
31 cit.
10
Correlations between gastrointestinal and oral microbiota in children with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
Frontiers in Pediatrics|2022
26 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
David P. Bartel
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2
Carlo M. Croce
The Ohio State University
3
Nikolaus Rajewsky
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
4
Thomas Tuschl
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5
Arturo Álvarez-Buylla
University of California, San Francisco
6
V. Narry Kim
Seoul National University
7
Muneesh Tewari
University of Michigan
8
Gregory J. Hannon
University of Cambridge
9
Phillip D. Zamore
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
10
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
University of Turin

Papers

1
Duplexes of 21-nucleotide RNAs mediate RNA interference in cultured mammalian cells
Nature|2001
9.4k cit.
2
Most mammalian mRNAs are conserved targets of microRNAs
Genome Research|2008
8.6k cit.
3
Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency
Nature|2013
8.5k cit.
4
Circulating microRNAs as stable blood-based markers for cancer detection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2008
8k cit.
5
A ceRNA Hypothesis: The Rosetta Stone of a Hidden RNA Language?
Cell|2011
7.7k cit.
6
Predicting effective microRNA target sites in mammalian mRNAs
eLife|2015
7.7k cit.
7
A microRNA expression signature of human solid tumors defines cancer gene targets
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2006
5.7k cit.
8
The nuclear RNase III Drosha initiates microRNA processing
Nature|2003
5.1k cit.
9
Frequent deletions and down-regulation of micro- RNA genes <i>miR15</i> and <i>miR16</i> at 13q14 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2002
5k cit.
10
Identification of Novel Genes Coding for Small Expressed RNAs
Science|2001
4.9k cit.

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