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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

Prognostic value of BRAF/MIR-17 signature and B-Raf protein expression in patients with colorectal cancer: A pilot study.

Afaf T Ibrahiem, Manal S Fawzy, Baraah T Abu AlSel, Eman A Toraih

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Afaf T IbrahiemDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-0220
Manal S FawzyDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-8403
Baraah T Abu AlSelDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-0822
Eman A ToraihDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-3787
Northern Border University · SASuez Canal University · EG

Funding

The Deanship of Scientific Research, Northern Border University, Arar, KSA. MED-2017-1-8-F-7517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite the recent improvement in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment, it still has a poor prognosis with a low survival rate. Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms have proved to play a substantial role in CRC tumorigenesis and progression. According to Gene Ontology and TargetScan analyses, the B-Raf proto-oncogene (BRAF) gene is one of the microRNA-17 (miR-17) targets. We aimed to explore the prognostic value of B-Raf protein and BRAF/microRNA-17 (MIR-17) gene expression signature in CRC archived samples.

methodsB-Raf protein expression was identified by immunohistochemistry, while gene expression studies were quantified by real-time qPCR in 53 paired archived CRC specimens.

resultsThe BRAF showed higher expressions in CRC specimens relative to non-cancer tissues (p = 0.006). MIR17 expression was inversely and significantly correlated with both B-Raf protein (r = -0.79, p < 0.001) and gene expression (r = -0.35, p = 0.010) and showed a significant direct correlation with a high rate of relapse (p = 0.020). BRAF/miR-17 expression in CRC was associated inversely with tumor size, high grade of colonic carcinoma, lymph node metastasis, and carcinoma subtype. Spearman correlation and Kaplan-Meier survival curve analyses revealed that disease-free survival and overall survival were inversely and significantly correlated with positive B-Raf protein expression (r = -0.31 and -0.35, p = 0.023 and 0.011, respectively) and directly correlated with log BRAF/MIR17 ratio (r = 0.50 and 0.41, p < 0.001 and = 0.003, respectively). Cox hazard regression analysis revealed the BRAF/MIR17 ratio could predict both types of patients' survival, among other variables.

conclusionBRAF/MIR17 ratio could have prognostic utility in patients with CRC. Further larger-scale studies are warranted to confirm this utility.

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AgedBiomarkers, TumorColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsPrognosisProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateBiomarkers, TumorBRAF protein, humanMAS1 protein, humanMicroRNAsMIRN17 microRNA, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAFcolorectal cancergene expressionIHCmiR-17prognosisqPCR

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