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Role of microRNAs as Clinical Cancer Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer: A Short Overview.

Cristina Elena Staicu, Dragoș-Valentin Predescu, Călin Mircea Rusu, Beatrice Mihaela Radu, Dragos Cretoiu, Nicolae Suciu, Sanda Maria Crețoiu, Silviu-Cristian Voinea

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cristina Elena StaicuDepartment of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Dragoș-Valentin PredescuDepartment of General Surgery, Sf. Maria Clinical Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 37-39 Ion Mihalache Blvd., 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Călin Mircea RusuDepartment of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Beatrice Mihaela RaduDepartment of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Dragos CretoiuDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroii Sanitari Blvd., 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Nicolae SuciuFetal Medicine Excellence Research Center, 'Alessandrescu-Rusescu' National Institute of Mother and Child Health, 120 Lacul Tei Blvd., 020395 Bucharest, Romania.
Sanda Maria CrețoiuDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroii Sanitari Blvd., 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Silviu-Cristian VoineaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Alexandru Trestioreanu Oncology Institute, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 252 Fundeni Rd., 022328 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROUniversity of Bucharest · ROInstitutul National pentru Sanatatea Mamei si Copilului "Alessandrescu-Rusescu" · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate among gynecological cancers. Early clinical signs are missing and there is an urgent need to establish early diagnosis biomarkers. MicroRNAs are promising biomarkers in this respect. In this paper, we review the most recent advances regarding the alterations of microRNAs in ovarian cancer. We have briefly described the contribution of miRNAs in the mechanisms of ovarian cancer invasion, metastasis, and chemotherapy sensitivity. We have also summarized the alterations underwent by microRNAs in solid ovarian tumors, in animal models for ovarian cancer, and in various ovarian cancer cell lines as compared to previous reviews that were only focused the circulating microRNAs as biomarkers. In this context, we consider that the biomarker screening should not be limited to circulating microRNAs per se, but rather to the simultaneous detection of the same microRNA alteration in solid tumors, in order to understand the differences between the detection of nucleic acids in early vs. late stages of cancer. Moreover, in vitro and in vivo models should also validate these microRNAs, which could be very helpful as preclinical testing platforms for pharmacological and/or molecular genetic approaches targeting microRNAs. The enormous quantity of data produced by preclinical and clinical studies regarding the role of microRNAs that act synergistically in tumorigenesis mechanisms that are associated with ovarian cancer subtypes, should be gathered, integrated, and compared by adequate methods, including molecular clustering. In this respect, molecular clustering analysis should contribute to the discovery of best biomarkers-based microRNAs assays that will enable rapid, efficient, and cost-effective detection of ovarian cancer in early stages. In conclusion, identifying the appropriate microRNAs as clinical biomarkers in ovarian cancer might improve the life quality of patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCluster AnalysisDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicroRNAsOvarian NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsbiomarkerearly diagnosismicroRNAmolecular clustering analysisovarian cancer

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PMID31936634
PMCPMC7016727
OpenAlexW3000328667

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