Abstract:Antiplatelet drugs play an established role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events associated with atherothrombosis, but heterogeneous reactivity poses risks of serious ischemia or bleeding. Finding predictive biomar-kers of the heterogeneous reactivity of antiplatelet drugs is of great clinical value for their personalized use. Studies in recent years have found that platelets are a major source of miRNA, and much attention has been attracted to correlation between the platelet miRNA that can potentially regulate the expression of platelet P2Y12 and antiplatelet reactivity of P2Y12 receptor antagonists. This paper reviews the biological characteristic, correlation studies, and possible mechanisms of platelet microRNA in relation to reactivity of antiplatelet drugs.