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Fuhua Wang, Yunfeng Yang, Xiangyun Guo, Feng Li, Ruihong Yang, Xiaoyu Li, Sutang Guo, Chunyan Wang. Plasma microRNA profiling highlights miR-1260b and miR-720 as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma[J]. Blood&Genomics, 2021, 5(2): 128-134. doi: 10.46701/BG.2021022021115
Citation: Fuhua Wang, Yunfeng Yang, Xiangyun Guo, Feng Li, Ruihong Yang, Xiaoyu Li, Sutang Guo, Chunyan Wang. Plasma microRNA profiling highlights miR-1260b and miR-720 as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma[J]. Blood&Genomics, 2021, 5(2): 128-134. doi: 10.46701/BG.2021022021115

Plasma microRNA profiling highlights miR-1260b and miR-720 as novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

doi: 10.46701/BG.2021022021115
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  • Corresponding author: Sutang Guo, Department of Molecular Biology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and Institute, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030013, China. E-mail: sutangguo@aliyun.com; Chunyan Wang, Department of Molecular Biology, Department of Blood Transfusion, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and Institute, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030013, China. E-mail: c3213258@uon.edu.au
  • Received Date: 2021-04-18
  • Accepted Date: 2021-09-01
  • Rev Recd Date: 2021-06-15
  • Available Online: 2022-01-06
  • Publish Date: 2021-12-31
  • This paper was designed to explore the value of miRNAs as diagnostic biomarkers that may facilitate the early detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Plasma miRNA profiles were defined via an array-based approach using samples from ESCC patients and healthy controls (n=5 each). Differentially expressed miRNAs in these samples were validated via qPCR in ESCC patients (n=96) and healthy controls (n=51), and the relationship between ESCC patient plasma miR-1260b and miR-720 levels and clinicopathological characteristics were additionally examined. In total, 12 plasma miRNAs that were differentially expressed between ESCC patients and healthy controls were identified via miRNA. Six of these miRNAs were subsequently validated, revealing that both miR-1260b and miR-720 were significantly differentially abundant in ESCC patients and controls, with miR-1260b being significantly upregulated in ESCC patients relative to controls (2.24, 1.41 respectively, P<0.001), while the opposite was observed with respect to miR-720 (0.66, 2.27 respectively, P=0.001). The use of both miR-720 and miR-1260b as a combined diagnostic tool was highly efficacious, yielding an AUC of 0.814, a sensitivity of 86.3%, and a specificity of 73.2% as a means of detecting ESCC patients. Elevated plasma miR-1260b level was also associated with a poorer patient prognosis when compared to patients with a low plasma miRNA level (P=0.021). This study has successfully developed a plasma miRNA biomarker signature of ESCC that may offer value as a diagnostic or prognostic tool when evaluating patients with ESCC.

     

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