Identification of serum exosomal miR-148a as a novel prognostic biomarker for breast cancer.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
; 24(13): 7303-7309, 2020 07.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignanciesD. Li, J. Wang, L.-J. Ma, H.-B. Yang, J.-F. Jing, M.-M. Jia, X.-J. Zhang, F. Guo, J.-N. Gao affecting females. Aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) has been associated with carcinogenesis of BC. The aim of our study was to investigate the correlation of serum exosomal miR-148a expression and the clinical outcome of patients with BC. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Quantitative Real Time-Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) was applied to evaluate the expression level of serum exosomal miR-148a in patients with BC, patients with benign breast tumors, and healthy controls. Then, the clinical value of serum exosomal miR-148a in BC was evaluated.RESULTS:
Serum exosomal miR-148a levels were gradually downregulated from healthy controls patients with benign breast tumors to BC patients. Serum exosomal miR-148a could well distinguish BC patients from healthy volunteers. The expression level of serum exosomal miR-148a in BC patients was significantly upregulated following surgery, while dropped in the cases with disease relapse. A significant association was found between serum exosomal miR-148a levels and the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage, differentiation, and lymph node metastasis in BC. In addition, BC patients with lower expression of serum exosomal miR-148a levels suffered worse overall survival and disease-free survival than those with higher expression of serum exosomal miR-148a levels. Furthermore, serum exosomal miR-148a was an independent risk factor for BC.CONCLUSIONS:
Our data have demonstrated that serum exosomal miR-148a is significantly reduced in patients with BC and downregulation of serum exosomal miR-148a is closely associated with unfavorable clinical outcome of BC, indicating that serum exosomal miR-148a might serve as a promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for BC.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Mama
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Biomarcadores Tumorais
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MicroRNAs
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Exossomos
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MicroRNA Circulante
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article