A study in rats demonstrated that the mir-495 inhibits inflammation, differentiation, and extracellular matrix accumulation of cardiac fibroblasts [Guo et al. DOI:10.1080/09168451.2020.1807901], while research in rhesus macaques identified the mir-495 as a feature in a gender-specific model for predicting the future onset of pleural effusion following thoracic irradiation [May et al. DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-16316-x].