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SynthesisBMC cancer2022

Systematic review of circulating MICRORNAS as biomarkers of cervical carcinogenesis.

Neila Pierote Gaspar Nascimento, Thais Borges Gally, Grasiely Faccin Borges, Luciene Cristina Gastalho Campos, Carla Martins Kaneto

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Synthesis in BMC cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  4. MicroRNAs as Biomarkers of Cervical Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neila Pierote Gaspar NascimentoDepartment of Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, llhéus, BA, Brazil.
Thais Borges GallyDepartment of Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, llhéus, BA, Brazil.
Grasiely Faccin BorgesPublic Policies and Social Technologies Center, Federal University of Southern Bahia, Itabuna, BA, Brazil.
Luciene Cristina Gastalho CamposDepartment of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
Carla Martins KanetoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil. cmkaneto@uesc.br.
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz · BRUniversidade Federal do Sul da Bahia · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical cancer is a preventable disease, but it is a major public health problem despite having a good prognosis when diagnosed early. Although the Pap smear has led to huge drops in rates of cervical cancer and death from the disease, it has some limitations, making new approaches necessary for early diagnosis and biomarkers discovery. MiRNAs have been considered a new class of non-invasive biomarkers and may have great clinical value for screening early-stage cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Well-designed studies have emerged as a necessary strategy for the identification of miRNAs that could be used safely and reliably for a differential diagnosis. This review aims to provide an up-to-date perspective on the assessment of circulating miRNA expression from precursor lesions to cervical cancer, identifying circulating miRNAs or specific miRNA signatures that can be used as potential biomarkers of different stages of cervical carcinogenesis.

methodsA systematic review was performed and searches were conducted in the PubMed, LILACS, and Scopus electronic databases.

resultsMost studies involved Chinese ethnic women and searched for circulating miRNAs in serum samples. Thirty three microRNAs were evaluated in the eligible studies and 17 (miR-196a, miR-16-2, miR-497, miR-1290, miR-425-5p, hsa-miR- 92a, miR-1266, miR-9, miR-192, miR-205, miR-21, miR-152, miR-15b, miR-34a, miR-218, miR-199a-5p and miR-155-5p) showed up-regulation in women with precursor lesion and cervical cancer and 16 microRNAs showed decreased expression in these same groups of women compared to healthy controls (miR-195, miR-2861, miR-145, miR-214, miR-34a, miR-200a, let-7d-3p, miR-30d-5p, miR-638, miR-203a-3p, miR-1914-5p, miR-521, miR-125b, miR-370, miR-218 and miR-100).

conclusionTherefore, defining promising circulating miRNAs or specific miRNA signatures of biological fluid samples can be useful for the screening, diagnosis, prognosis and clinical monitoring of women undergoing cervical carcinogenesis, but greater standardization of studies seems to be necessary for greater consolidation of information.

Indexed as

Circulating MicroRNAMicroRNAsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorCarcinogenesisEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorCirculating MicroRNAMicroRNAsMIRN145 microRNA, humanMIRN152 microRNA, humanMIRN214 microRNA, humanMIRN218 microRNA, humanMIRN370 microRNA, humanMIRN497 microRNA, humanMIRN638 microRNA, humanBiomarkersCervical intraepithelial neoplasiaCirculating microRNAmicroRNAsUterine cervical neoplasms

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PMID35933332
PMCPMC9357301
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