miRNA-146a, miRNA-155 and JNK expression levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells according to grade of knee osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease characterized by joint pain and a progressive loss of articular cartilage. OA known as a non-inflammatory disease. Despite this the recent studies are shown synovitis and low inflammation to have a role in OA pathophysiology. The aim of this study to determine the roles of a potential therapeutic targets miRNA-146a, miRNA-155 and JNK expression levels in OA patients. Peripheral mononuclear blood cells (PBMCs) were extracted from OA patients and healthy subjects. The expression levels of miRNA-146a, miRNA-155 and JNK were quantified using by real-time PCR assay. According to study results a statistically significant increase was observed only in miRNA-155 expression level (p=0,039). However, miRNA-146a and miRNA-155 expressions increased in the progressive stages (grade 3 and grade 4) in OA patients. Our data suggests that correlation of miRNAs regulating and signal pathways can play an important role in OA pathogenesis and disease progression.