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ArticleScientific reports2018

Different signatures of miR-16, miR-30b and miR-93 in exosomes from breast cancer and DCIS patients.

Qingtao Ni, Ines Stevic, Chi Pan, Volkmar Müller, Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer, Klaus Pantel, Heidi Schwarzenbach

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qingtao NiDepartment of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
Ines StevicDepartment of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
Chi PanDepartment of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
Volkmar MüllerDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
Leticia Oliveira-FerrerDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
Klaus PantelDepartment of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
Heidi SchwarzenbachDepartment of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany. h.schwarzenbach@uke.de.
Universität Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loading of microRNAs (miRNAs) into exosomes that are involved in cellular communication is a selective process. The current study investigates whether the enrichment of miRNAs in exosomes reflects the pathogenesis of breast cancer (BC) and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The levels of miRNAs were quantified in exosomes from plasma of 32 BC patients, 8 DCIS patients and 8 healthy women by TaqMan real-time PCR-based miRNA array cards containing 47 different miRNAs. Then, exosomal miR-16, miR-30b and miR-93 that displayed deregulation in the arrays were selected and analyzed in 111 BC patients, 42 DCIS patients and 39 healthy women by TaqMan real-time PCR. Identification of exosomes was performed by Western blot. The levels of exosomal miR-16 were higher in plasma of BC (p = 0.034) and DCIS (p = 0.047) patients than healthy women, and were associated with estrogen (p = 0.004) and progesterone (p = 0.008) receptor status. Particularly, in estrogen-positive patients miR-16 was significantly enriched in exosomes (p = 0.0001). Lower levels of exosomal miR-30b were associated with recurrence (p = 0.034). Exosomal miR-93 was upregulated in DCIS patients (p = 0.001). Our findings suggest that different signatures of miR-16, miR-30b and miR-93 in exosomes from BC and DCIS patients are associated with a particular biology of breast tumors.

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EstrogensGene Expression ProfilingProgesteroneAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingExosomesFemaleHumansMicroRNAsMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasms, Hormone-DependentReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionEstrogensMicroRNAsMIRN16 microRNA, humanMIRN30b microRNA, humanMIRN93 microRNA, humanProgesteroneReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneRNA, Neoplasm

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PMCPMC6113263
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