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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020

Circulating microRNA as biomarkers of canine mammary carcinoma in dogs.

Eric J Fish, Esther Gisela Martinez-Romero, Patricia DeInnocentes, Jey W Koehler, Nripesh Prasad, Annette N Smith, Richard Curt Bird

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eric J FishDepartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, AURIC-Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4232-6143
Esther Gisela Martinez-RomeroDepartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, AURIC-Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States.
Patricia DeInnocentesDepartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, AURIC-Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States.
Jey W KoehlerDepartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, AURIC-Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States.
Nripesh PrasadGenomic Services Laboratory, Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama, United States.
Annette N SmithDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States.
Richard Curt BirdDepartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, AURIC-Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States.
Auburn University · USHudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology · US

Funding

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Foundation FDN-16-05 244561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDifferentiating benign from canine malignant mammary tumors requires invasive surgical biopsy. Circulating microRNAs (miRNA) may represent promising minimally invasive cancer biomarkers in people and animals.

objectivesTo evaluate the serum mRNA profile between dogs with and without mammary carcinoma, and to determine if any of these markers have prognostic significance. ANIMALS: Ten healthy client-owned female dogs (5 intact, 5 spayed) and 10 dogs with histologically confirmed mammary carcinoma were included; 9 were client-owned, whereas 1 was a research colony dog.

methodsRetrospective study. Serum miRNA was evaluated by RNA deep-sequencing (RNAseq) and digital droplet PCR (dPCR).Expression of candidate biomarkers miR-18a, miR-19b, miR-29b, miR-34c, miR-122, miR-125a, and miR-181a was compared with clinical characteristics, including grade, metastasis, and survival.

results452 unique serum miRNAs were detected by RNAseq. Sixty-five individual miRNAs were differentially expressed (>±1.5-fold) and statistically significant between groups. Serum miR-19b (P = .003) and miR-125a (P < .001) were significantly higher in the mammary carcinoma group by dPCR. Both had high accuracy based on receiver operator characteristic area under the curve (0.930 for miR-125a; 0.880 for miR-19b). Circulating miR-18a by RNAseq was significantly higher in mammary carcinoma dogs with histologic evidence of lymphatic invasion (P = 0.03). There was no significant association with any miRNA and survival or inflammatory status. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Circulating miRNAs are differentially expressed in dogs with mammary carcinoma. Serum miR-19b and miR-18a represent candidate biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis, respectively.

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Circulating MicroRNAAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinomaDog DiseasesDogsFemaleLymphatic MetastasisMammary Neoplasms, AnimalRetrospective StudiesSequence Analysis, RNABiomarkers, TumorCirculating MicroRNAcaninemammary carcinomamicroRNAserum biomarkers

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