Journal: The Journal of surgical research
Article Title: MicroRNAs in Solid Tumors
doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.046
Figure Lengend Snippet: MiRNA processing. Reprinted with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.: Nature Reviews Cancer, Oncomirs-microRNAs with a role in cancer. 2006;6:259–269, Copyright 2006.
Article Snippet: They also found that protein coding tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes were the targets for the differentially expressed miRNAs [ 34 ]. table ft1 table-wrap mode="anchored" t5 caption a7 Year Author Tumor type No. of samples Significant findings 2005 He et al. [ 43 ] PTC 20T, 20N (matched) miRNA expression pattern (17 over-expressed, 6 underexpressed) 2005 Iorio et al. [ 40 ] Breast 76T, 9N miRNA expression pattern, let-7 underexpression correlated with lymph node metastasis and higher proliferation index 2006 Pallante et al. [ 42 ] PTC 30T, 10N 5 miRNA overexpressed, miR-21 described in carcinogenesis 2006 Roldo et al. [ 39 ] PET 44T, 12N miRNA expression pattern, miR-21 correlation with stage and proliferation index 2006 Yanaihara et al. [ 35 ] Lung 104T, 104N (matched) miRNA expression pattern (43 underexpressed), miR-155 and let-7-a2 associated with poorer survival 2006 Volinia et al. [ 34 ] Mixed 363T, 177N Tumor-specific miRNA expression patterns, oncogenic target genes described 2006 Bandres et al. [ 31 ] CRC 12T, 12N (matched) miRNA expression pattern, miR-31 correlation with stage 2006 Murakami et al. [ 41 ] HCC 25T, 25N (matched) miRNA expression pattern, correlation with tumor grade 2007 Lee et al. [ 36 ] PDA 28T, 15N (matched) miRNA expression pattern 2007 Bloomston et al. [ 37 ] PDA 65T, 65N (matched) miRNA expression pattern (21 overexpressed), miR-196a2 associated with poorer survival 2007 Iorio et al. [ 28 ] Ovarian 69T, 15N miRNA expression pattern, correlation with pathologic features 2008 Schetter et al. [ 33 ] CRC 84T, 84N (matched-US) 113T, 113N (matched-Chinese) miRNA expression pattern in US samples and verified in Chinese samples, miR-21 correlated with TNM stage Open in a separate window PTC = papillary thyroid cancer; PET = pancreatic endocrine tumor; CRC = colorectal cancer; HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma; PDA = pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; T = tumor; N = normal; “matched” refers to adjacent benign tissue; TNM = tumor-node-metastasis. caption a8 Overview of miRNA Studies in Solid Tumors Microarray analysis has been invaluable in evaluating lung cancers.
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