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ArticleScientific reports2017

Circulating MicroRNA-92b-3p as a Novel Biomarker for Monitoring of Synovial Sarcoma.

Koji Uotani, Tomohiro Fujiwara, Aki Yoshida, Shintaro Iwata, Takuya Morita, Masahiro Kiyono, Suguru Yokoo, Toshiyuki Kunisada, Ken Takeda, Joe Hasei and 7 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Koji UotaniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Tomohiro FujiwaraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan. tomomedvn@gmail.com.
Aki YoshidaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Shintaro IwataDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center, Okayama, Japan.
Takuya MoritaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Masahiro KiyonoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Suguru YokooDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Toshiyuki KunisadaDepartment of Medical Materials for Musculoskeletal Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Ken TakedaDepartment of Intelligent Orthopaedic System, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Joe HaseiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Kunihiko NumotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Yutaka NezuDivision of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Tsukasa YonemotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center, Okayama, Japan.
Takeshi IshiiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center, Okayama, Japan.
Akira KawaiDepartment of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahiro OchiyaDivision of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshifumi OzakiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of useful biomarkers is a crucial problem for patients with soft tissue sarcomas (STSs). Emerging evidence has suggested that circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) in body fluids have novel impact as biomarkers for patients with malignant diseases, but their significance in synovial sarcoma (SS) patients remains unknown. Initial global miRNA screening using SS patient serum and SS cell culture media identified a signature of four upregulated miRNAs. Among these candidates, miR-92b-3p secretion from SS cells was confirmed, which was embedded within tumour-derived exosomes rather than argonaute-2. Animal experiments revealed a close correlation between serum miR-92b-3p levels and tumour dynamics. Clinical relevance was validated in two independent clinical cohorts, and we subsequently identified that serum miR-92b-3p levels were significantly higher in SS patients in comparison to that in healthy individuals. Moreover, serum miR-92b-3p was robust in discriminating patients with SS from the other STS patients and reflected tumour burden in SS patients. Overall, liquid biopsy using serum miR-92b-3p expression levels may represent a novel approach for monitoring tumour dynamics of SS.

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AdultAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCase-Control StudiesChildCirculating MicroRNADiagnosis, DifferentialExosomesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeMicroRNAsMiddle AgedBiomarkers, TumorCirculating MicroRNAMicroRNAsMIRN92 microRNA, human

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PMID29116117
PMCPMC5676745

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