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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2013

Upregulation of microRNA-224 is associated with aggressive progression and poor prognosis in human cervical cancer.

Shu-na Shen, Ling-feng Wang, Yong-feng Jia, Yu-qing Hao, Lin Zhang, Hui Wang

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Article in Diagnostic pathology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shu-na ShenDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Baotou 014010, China. shenshuna1972@126.com
Ling-feng Wang
Yong-feng Jia
Yu-qing Hao
Lin Zhang
Hui Wang
Inner Mongolia Medical University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAccumulating evidence for differential expression of microRNA-224 (miR-224) in various types of human cancer suggests that it may be play a crucial role in tumor biology. The previous microarray detection also shown that miR-224 was one of miRNAs with significant upregulation in cervical cancer tissues relative to adjacent normal tissues. However, little is known about the function of miR-224 in human cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of miR-224 expression in cervical cancer.

methodsMiR-224 expression in 126 pairs of fresh human cervical cancer and adjacent normal tissues was measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR assay.

resultsmiR-224 expression was significantly upregulated in cervical cancer tissues when compared with corresponding adjacent normal tissues (P<0.001). It was also significantly higher in the cancerous tissues of patients with advanced FIGO stage cervical cancer than those with early FIGO stage (P=0.02). In addition, miR-224 was expressed at significantly higher levels in lymph node metastasis-positive patients than in lymph node metastasis-negative patients (P=0.008). Moreover, we found that lesser differentiated tumors expressed higher miR-224 (P=0.03). Finally, there were sufficient evidence to confirm its value in the status of vascular invasion (P=0.01) and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection (P=0.02) in cervical cancer. More importantly, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that cervical cancer patients with high miR-224 expression tend to have shorter overall survival. In multivariate analysis stratified for known prognostic variables, miR-224 was identified as an independent prognostic marker.

conclusionOur data indicated that miR-224 upregulation was associated with aggressive progression and poor prognosis in cervical cancer. MiR-224 was identified for the first time as an independent marker for predicting the clinical outcome of cervical cancer patients. VIRTUAL SLIDES: The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/2170449349527493.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicroRNAsMiddle AgedPrognosisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionUp-RegulationUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsMIRN224 microRNA, human

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