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ArticleCancer medicine2016

Prognostic microRNA signatures derived from The Cancer Genome Atlas for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

Nathan Wong, Shariq S Khwaja, Callie M Baker, Hiram A Gay, Wade L Thorstad, Mackenzie D Daly, James S Lewis, Xiaowei Wang

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nathan WongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Shariq S KhwajaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Callie M BakerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Hiram A GayDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Wade L ThorstadDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Mackenzie D DalyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
James S LewisDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Xiaowei WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Washington University in St. Louis · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational SciencesUL1TR000448 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
COMBINED COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES OF GENE REGULATION BY MICRORNAS.R01GM089784 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, XIAOWEI · 2010 to 2019
$2.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000448NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identification of novel prognostic biomarkers typically requires a large dataset which provides sufficient statistical power for discovery research. To this end, we took advantage of the high-throughput data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to identify a set of prognostic biomarkers in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) including oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) and other subtypes. In this study, we analyzed miRNA-seq data obtained from TCGA patients to identify prognostic biomarkers for OPSCC. The identified miRNAs were further tested with an independent cohort. miRNA-seq data from TCGA was also analyzed to identify prognostic miRNAs in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Our study identified that miR-193b-3p and miR-455-5p were positively associated with survival, and miR-92a-3p and miR-497-5p were negatively associated with survival in OPSCC. A combined expression signature of these four miRNAs was prognostic of overall survival in OPSCC, and more importantly, this signature was validated in an independent OPSCC cohort. Furthermore, we identified four miRNAs each in OSCC and LSCC that were prognostic of survival, and combined signatures were specific for subtypes of HNSCC. A robust 4-miRNA prognostic signature in OPSCC, as well as prognostic signatures in other subtypes of HNSCC, was developed using sequencing data from TCGA as the primary source. This demonstrates the power of using TCGA as a potential resource to develop prognostic tools for improving individualized patient care.

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TranscriptomeBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellComputational BiologyDatabases, Nucleic AcidFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenomicsHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMicroRNAsPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsGene signaturehead and neck cancermicroRNAoropharyngeal cancerprognosisThe Cancer Genome Atlas

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PMID27109697
PMCPMC4944889
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