Title: Chronic academic stress increases a group of microRNAs in peripheral blood

Accession Number: GSE49677

Link to Dataset: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE49677

Repository: Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)

Data Type(s): Gene Expression

Experiment Type(s): Expression profiling by array

Organism(s): Homo sapiens

Summary: In this study, we examined alterations in microRNA (miRNA) profiles in peripheral blood from male medical students two months and two days before the National Examination for Medical Practitioners. Blood obtained one month after the examination were used as baseline controls. Several miRNAs were significantly elevated during the pre-examination period in association with significant down-regulation of their target mRNAs two days before the examination. Thus, a distinct group of miRNAs in periheral blood may participate in the integrated response to chronic academic stress in healthy young men

Publication(s) associated with this dataset:

• Daniels SI, Sille FC, Goldbaum A, Yee B, Key EF, Zhang L, Smith MT, Thomas R. 2014. Improving power to detect changes in blood miRNA expression by accounting for sources of variability in experimental designs. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 23(12):2658-2666. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0623 PMID:25472674 PMCID:PMC4256675

Project(s) associated with this dataset:

• University of California-Berkeley: Biomarkers of Benzene Exposure and Leukemia Risk