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ArticlePathology oncology research : POR2019

MicroRNA Expression in Laser Micro-dissected Breast Cancer Tissue Samples - a Pilot Study.

Edward Seclaman, Diana Narita, Andrei Anghel, Natalia Cireap, Razvan Ilina, Ioan Ovidiu Sirbu, Catalin Marian

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Article in Pathology oncology research : POR, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Edward SeclamanDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Pta Eftimie Murgu Nr. 2, 300041, Timişoara, Romania.
Diana NaritaDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Pta Eftimie Murgu Nr. 2, 300041, Timişoara, Romania.
Andrei AnghelDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Pta Eftimie Murgu Nr. 2, 300041, Timişoara, Romania.
Natalia CireapDepartment of Surgical Oncology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes", and Municipal Hospital, Timisoara, Romania.
Razvan IlinaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes", and Municipal Hospital, Timisoara, Romania.
Ioan Ovidiu SirbuDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Pta Eftimie Murgu Nr. 2, 300041, Timişoara, Romania.
Catalin MarianDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Pta Eftimie Murgu Nr. 2, 300041, Timişoara, Romania. cmarian@umft.ro.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7749-1384
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer continues to represent a significant public health burden despite outstanding research advances regarding the molecular mechanisms of cancer biology, biomarkers for diagnostics and prognostic and therapeutic management of this disease. The studies of micro RNAs in breast cancer have underlined their potential as biomarkers and therapeutic targets; however most of these studies are still done on largely heterogeneous whole breast tissue samples. In this pilot study we have investigated the expression of four micro RNAs (miR-21, 145, 155, 92) known to be involved in breast cancer, in homogenous cell populations collected by laser capture microdissection from breast tissue section slides. Micro RNA expression was assessed by real time PCR, and associations with clinical and pathological characteristics were also explored. Our results have confirmed previous associations of miR-21 expression with poor prognosis characteristics of breast cancers such as high stage, large and highly proliferative tumors. No statistically significant associations were found with the other micro RNAs investigated, possibly due to the small sample size of our study. Our results also suggest that miR-484 could be a suitable endogenous control for data normalization in breast tissues, these results needing further confirmation by future studies. In summary, our pilot study showed the feasibility of detecting micro RNAs expression in homogenous laser captured microdissected invasive breast cancer samples, and confirmed some of the previously reported associations with poor prognostic characteristics of breast tumors.

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Biomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLaser Capture MicrodissectionMicroRNAsMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessPilot ProjectsPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsBreast cancerLaser capture microdissection (LCM)MicroRNA

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