MicroRNAs are appropriate in mitochondrial related hearing loss? Answer to the skepticism | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | Full Text

MicroRNAs are appropriate in mitochondrial related hearing loss? Answer to the skepticism | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | Full Text

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

MicroRNAs are appropriate in mitochondrial related hearing loss? Answer to the skepticism

• Arianna Di StadioEmail authorView ORCID ID profile and
• Corrado Angelini

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases201813:119

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-018-0865-8

©  The Author(s). 2018

• Received: 22 June 2018
• Accepted: 2 July 2018
• Published: 18 July 2018

Abstract

Aim

We aim to clarify some points that have been criticized about our previous paper “Hearing Impairment in MELAS: new prospective in clinical use of microRNA, a systematic review”.

Material and method

We answered to the criticism of Dr. Finsterer point by point, by citing all literature in support of our previous paper.

Conclusion

The point by point answering allows us to clarify doubts and to support the proposal that we exposed in our review, the possibility to use microRNA for detecting the hearing damage in patients affected from mitochondrial disease.