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ArticleOncotarget2017

Down-regulation of traditional oncomiRs in plasma of breast cancer patients.

Dana Jurkovicova, Bozena Smolkova, Monika Magyerkova, Zuzana Sestakova, Viera Horvathova Kajabova, Ludovit Kulcsar, Iveta Zmetakova, Lenka Kalinkova, Tomas Krivulcik, Marian Karaba and 8 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. microRNAs as Biomarkers of Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Expression of specific microRNAs in tissue and plasma in colorectal cancer.Journal of pathology and translational medicine · 2023
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  13. Angioregulatory microRNAs in breast cancerJournal of advanced research · 2022
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  16. Up-Regulation ofCell journal · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Dana JurkovicovaKRD Molecular Technologies Ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia.
Bozena SmolkovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Monika MagyerkovaKRD Molecular Technologies Ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zuzana SestakovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Viera Horvathova KajabovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ludovit KulcsarKRD Molecular Technologies Ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia.
Iveta ZmetakovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Lenka KalinkovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tomas KrivulcikDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Marian KarabaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Juraj BencaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tatiana SedlackovaInstitute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Gabriel MinarikInstitute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zuzana CiernaInstitute of Pathological Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ludovit DanihelInstitute of Pathological Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Michal Mego2 Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Miroslav ChovanecDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ivana FridrichovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deregulated expression of microRNAs has the oncogenic or tumor suppressor function in cancer. Since miRNAs in plasma are highly stable, their quantification could contribute to more precise cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapy prediction. We have quantified expression of seven oncomiRs, namely miR-17/92 cluster (miR-17, miR-18a, miR-19a and miR-20a), miR-21, miR-27a and miR-155, in plasma of 137 breast cancer (BC) patients. We detected down-regulation of six miRNAs in patients with invasive BC compared to controls; however, only miR-20a and miR-27a down-regulations were statistically significant. Comparing miRNA expression between early and advanced stages of BC, we observed statistically significant decrease of miR-17 and miR-19a. We identified down-regulation of miR-17 and miR-20a in patients with clinical parameters of advanced BC (lymph node metastasis, tumor grade 3, circulating tumor cells, higher Ki-67-related proliferation, hormone receptor negativity and HER2 amplification), when compared to controls. Moreover, decreased level of miR-17 was found from low to high grade. Therefore, miR-17 could represent an indicator of advanced BC. Down-regulated miR-27a expression levels were observed in all clinical categories regardless of tumor progression. Hence, miR-27a could be used as a potential diagnostic marker for BC. Our data indicates that any changes in miRNA expression levels in BC patients in comparison to controls could be highly useful for cancer-associated pathology discrimination. Moreover, dynamics of miRNA expression changes could be used for BC progression monitoring.

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down-regulation of oncomiRsmiR-155miR-17/92 clustermiR-21miR-27a

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PMID29100393
PMCPMC5652785

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