A study in humans demonstrated that the mir-653-5p was upregulated 4 days post-burn in deep partial thickness burn skin compared to normal skin [Siu et al. DOI:10.1111/wrr.13100]. A study in geriatric rats demonstrated that the mir-653-5p promotes apoptosis of cavernosal smooth muscle and endothelial cells, a process regulated by the long non-coding RNA ENSRNOT00000029245 [Song et al. DOI:10.3389/fendo.2022.1034043].