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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Expression of microRNA miR146a in the blood plasma of rats with obesity and knee arthrosis after administration of dexamethasone
1 Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “LSMU named St. Luke”, Russia
2 Non-governmental private institusion Scientific Diagnostic Center "Policlinic on Smolenskaya"
Correspondence should be addressed: Aleksey S. Ivanov
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Author contribution: Ivanov AS — study design development, experimental design; Tananakina TP — study design development, participation in the experimental design, and scientific supervision; Kashchenko SA — scientific editing, scientific supervision, and participation in the experimental design; Pogorelova IA — technical proofreading, participation in the experimental design.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the St. Luke's Lugansk State Medical University of the Russian Ministry of Health (protocol No 1 dated 23 September 2025). When working with laboratory animals, the conditions of care and experimentation were fully compliant with the standards of Order No. 199n of the Russian Ministry of Health "On Approval of the Rules of Good Laboratory Practice" 1, adhering to the principles of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes, and strictly adhering to the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes.