Reference - Detail
| RRC ID | 44382 |
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| Author | Hirajima S, Komatsu S, Ichikawa D, Takeshita H, Konishi H, Shiozaki A, Morimura R, Tsujiura M, Nagata H, Kawaguchi T, Arita T, Kubota T, Fujiwara H, Okamoto K, Otsuji E. |
| Title | Clinical impact of circulating miR-18a in plasma of patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. |
| Journal | Br J Cancer |
| Abstract |
BACKGROUND:Several recent studies demonstrated that microRNAs are stably detectable in plasma/serum. We tested whether miR-18a, which is located in the miR-17-92 cluster and reported to be highly expressed in tissues of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), served as a plasma biomarker in patients with ESCC. METHODS:This study was divided into three steps: (1) confirmation of higher miR-18a levels in primary ESCC tissues and cell lines than normal ESCC tissues and a human fibroblast cell line. (2) Evaluation of the plasma miR-18a assay using quantitative RT-PCR by comparing results from 106 consecutive patients with ESCC and 54 healthy volunteers. (3) Evaluation of the assay for monitoring tumour dynamics in patients with ESCC. RESULTS:(1) Expression of miR-18a was significantly higher in ESCC tissues (P=0.0020) and ESCC cell lines (P=0.0121) than normal tissues and fibroblasts. (2) Plasma concentrations of miR-18a were significantly higher in ESCC patients than healthy volunteers (P<0.0001; ESCC patients vs healthy volunteers (mean±s.d.): 11.77±13.45 vs 0.73±0.54 amol μl(-1)). The value of the area under the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) was 0.9449. Furthermore, the ROC curves to detect early ESCC such as pTis-1 and pStage0-I showed AUCs of 0.9479 and 0.9642, respectively. (3) Plasma levels of miR-18a were significantly lower in postoperative samples than preoperative samples (P=0.0076). CONCLUSION:Plasma miR-18a may be a very useful biomarker for cancer detection and the monitoring of tumour dynamics in patients with ESCC. |
| Volume | 108(9) |
| Pages | 1822-9 |
| Published | 2013-5-14 |
| DOI | 10.1038/bjc.2013.148 |
| PII | bjc2013148 |
| PMID | 23579215 |
| PMC | PMC3658511 |
| MeSH | Aged Biomarkers, Tumor / blood* Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / blood* Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics Cell Line, Tumor Esophageal Neoplasms / blood* Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis Esophageal Neoplasms / genetics Humans MicroRNAs / biosynthesis MicroRNAs / blood* MicroRNAs / genetics Prognosis ROC Curve |
| IF | 5.791 |
| Times Cited | 72 |
| WOS Category | ONCOLOGY |
| Resource | |
| Human and Animal Cells | TE-9(RCB1988) WI-38 |