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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Sun, Meia | Fang, Shengb | Li, Weiweic | Li, Chengqiand | Wang, Luand | Wang, Fangd | Wang, Yangangd; *
Affiliations: [a] Breast Cancer, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China | [b] Department of General Surgery, Penglai People's Hospital, Yantai, Shandong, China | [c] Pediatrics Department, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China | [d] Endocrinology Department, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Yangang Wang, Endocrinology Department, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University. No. 16, Jiangsu Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China. Fax: +86 0532 82911058; E-mail: qdyxylxy@126.com.
Abstract: Background:Human miRNAs have emerged as potentially useful diagnostic and prognostic markers in cancer within the past decade. Abnormal expression of microRNA-146 (miR-146) has been found in several classes of cancers. Objective:To explore expression and clinical associations of miR-146a and miR-146b in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Methods:We investigated expressions of miR-146a and miR-146b in tissues and peripheral blood among 128 patients with primary PTC, 120 patients with nodular goiter and 120 healthy controls by RT-PCR. Furthermore, the associations between the miR-146a and miR-146b expression and clinical parameters of PTC were analyzed. Results:Levels of miR-146a and miR-146b expression in PTC tissues were higher compared to the nodular goiter tissues (P=0.014 and 0.001) and perineoplastic thyroid tissues (P=0.023 and 0.002). Positive associations were found between levels of miR-146a expression in PTC tissues and gender (female), cervical lymph node metastasis, multifocality, extra tyroidal invasion and advanced clinical TNM stages (III and IV). For miR-146b, there were positive association between levels of miR-146b expression and female, extra tyroidal invasion and advanced clinical TNM stages. Conclusions:Up-regulation of miR-146a and miR-146b expression in tissues was related to carcinogenesis and deterioration of PTC. MicroRNA-146a and miR-146b expressed in thyroid tissue may act as potential biomarkers for PTC patients.
Keywords: Papillary thyroid carcinoma, miR-146a, miR-146b, RT-PCR
DOI: 10.3233/CBM-140431
Journal: Cancer Biomarkers, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 33-40, 2015
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