ArticleOncology2022
Dynamics of Circulating miR-122 Predict Liver Cancer and Mortality in Japanese Patients with Histopathologically Confirmed NAFLD and Severe Fibrosis Stage.
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- The use of circulating miRNAs for the diagnosis, prognosis, and personalized treatment of MASLD.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2025Pooled it
- Non-invasive biomarkers prognostic of decompensation events in NASH cirrhosis: a systematic literature review.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating the roles of microRNAs associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis: a systematic review and network analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- MicroRNA-122 as a regulator and biomarker of liver disease.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- Unifying and unique roles of non-coding RNA biomarkers in liver and heart fibrosis.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2026Review
- MicroRNA Crosstalk in Metabolic Disorders: The Dual Role of miR-122 and miR-34a in NAFLD and Type 2 Diabetes.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Review
- Loss of miR-122 promotes cell migration and poor prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Article
- MicroRNA and Protein Biomarkers of Intestinal Permeability in the Assessment of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- Time for micro-RNAs in steatotic liver disease: a case-control study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- MicroRNAs and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- MicroRNA-122 in human cancers: from mechanistic to clinical perspectives.Cancer cell international · 2023Review
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Abstract
introductionIt is unclear whether the relationships between changes in fibrosis and circulating microRNA-122 (miR-122) dynamics might influence the prognosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
methodsThis study investigates the impact of serum miR-122 dynamics and histological changes on the incidence of liver cancer and mortality in 81 Japanese NAFLD patients who underwent serial liver biopsies. The median interval between the first and second liver biopsies was 2.9 years.
resultsThe fibrosis stage scores indicated progression, no change, and improvement (a decrease of one point or more) in 21.0%, 56.8%, and 22.2% of the patients, respectively. There were 64 patients in the high-risk group who had no improvement in stage scores. Among these, the miR-122 levels were significantly lower in 7 patients with liver cancer than those of the 54 patients who had no liver cancer at the second liver biopsy. The cumulative rates of liver cancer were significantly higher in cases with miR-122 ratios <0.5 (serum miR-122 level at second biopsy to that at first biopsy) than those with ratios ≥0.5. The cumulative survival rates in cases with miR-122 ratios <0.5 tended to be lower than those with ratios ≥0.5. Of the 64 high-risk patients, 39 indicated stage 2 or greater (severe fibrosis stage) at the first liver biopsy and also showed similar results of cumulative liver cancer and survival rates.
conclusionsLongitudinal examination of serial liver biopsies indicated that the circulating miR-122 dynamics might be useful in predicting the prognosis for NAFLD patients with severe fibrosis stage and no improvement of the stage scores.
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