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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2022

Association of B-cell lymphoma 2/microRNA-497 gene expression ratio score with metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer: A propensity-matched cohort analysis.

Shahad W Kattan, Yahya H Hobani, Nouf Abubakr Babteen, Saleh A Alghamdi, Eman A Toraih, Afaf T Ibrahiem, Manal S Fawzy, Salwa Faisal

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Shahad W KattanDepartment of Medical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-3845
Yahya H HobaniMedical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4222-5024
Nouf Abubakr BabteenDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7836-5398
Saleh A AlghamdiMedical Genetics, Clinical Laboratory Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1924-8121
Eman A ToraihDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-3787
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 Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-8403
Salwa FaisalDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-3487
Suez Canal University · EGJazan University · SANorthern Border University · SATaibah University · SATaif University · SAUniversity of Jeddah · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeregulated microRNAs (miRs) significantly impact cancer development and progression. Our in silico analysis revealed that miR-497 and its target gene B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL2) could be related to poor cancer outcomes. PURPOSE: To investigate the BCL2/miRNA-497 expression ratio in colorectal cancer (CRC) and explore its association with the clinicopathological characteristics and CRC prognosis.

methodsArchived samples from 106 CRC patients were enrolled. MiR-497 and BCL2 gene expressions were detected by Taq-Man Real-Time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in propensity-matched metastatic and nonmetastatic cohorts after elimination of confounder bias.

resultsB-cell lymphoma-2 gene was upregulated in metastatic samples (median = 1.16, 95%CI = 1.09-1.60) compared to nonmetastatic (median = 1.02, 95%CI = 0.89-1.25, p < 0.001). In contrast, lower levels of miR-495 were detected in specimens with distant metastasis (median = 0.05, 95%CI = 0.04-0.20) than nonmetastatic samples (median = 0.54, 95%CI = 0.47-0.58, p < 0.001). Estimated BCL2/miR-497 ratio yielded a significant differential expression between the two cohort groups. Higher scores were observed in metastasis group (median = 1.39, 95%CI = 0.9-1.51) than nonmetastatic patients (median = 0.29, 95%CI = 0.19-0.39, p < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed BCL2/miR-497 ratio score to have the highest predictive accuracy for metastasis at presentation. The area under the curve was 0.90 (95%CI = 0.839-0.964, p < 0.001) at cut-off of >0.525, with high sensitivity 81.1% (95%CI = 68.6%-89.4%) and specificity 92.5% (95%CI = 82.1%-97.0%). Also, the ratio score was negatively correlated with disease-free survival (r = -0.676, p < 0.001) and overall survival times (r = -0.650, p < 0.001). Kaplan-Meier curves showed lower survival rates in cohorts with high-score compared to low-score patients.

conclusionThe BCL2/miR497 expression ratio is associated with poor CRC prognosis in terms of metastasis and short survival.

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Gene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPrognosisPropensity ScoreProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Retrospective StudiesROC CurveMicroRNAsMIRN497 microRNA, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2BCL2colorectal cancergene expressionmetastasismiR-497Real-Time qPCR

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