Marco Ritelli

Marco Ritelli


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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28 August 2026 in Preprints.org
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IPIulia-Andreea Pelisenco
Iulia-Andreea Pelisenco
Valeria CinquinaValeria Cinquina
Valeria Cinquina
Nicola ChiarelliNicola Chiarelli
Nicola Chiarelli
VBValeria Bertini
Valeria Bertini
Paolo MartiniPaolo Martini
Paolo Martini
MRMarco Ritelli
Marco Ritelli
Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) are clinically diagnosed connective tissue conditions without validated molecular biomarkers. We investigated whether miRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation converges between them. miRNome sequencing was performed in dermal fibroblasts from 12 hEDS, 12 HSD, and 24 control individuals, followed by qPCR assessment of 25 selected differentially expressed miRNAs (DE-miRNAs) in the discovery samples and an independent pooled fibroblast cohort, and integration with a previously generated transcriptome. No miRNA reached statistical significance in the direct hEDS-HSD comparison, whereas pooled hEDS/HSD analysis identified 88 DE-miRNAs versus controls (42 upregulated and 46 downregulated). Experimentally supported targets of the upregulated and downregulated miRNAs overlapped, in the expected inverse direction, with 388 downregulated and 27 upregulated genes, respectively. These candidate regulatory axes converged on TGF-β/BMP, Wnt/Hippo, focal-adhesion and cytoskeletal programs, and on a more focused chemokine-inflammatory module. The results define a shared fibroblast miRNA signature across hEDS and HSD, nominate miRNA-mRNA axes for mechanistic testing, and provide a rationale for future validation in individual patients, disease-relevant tissues, and circulating biofluids.