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ArticleBMC women's health2024

Diagnostic value of plasma-derived exosomal miR-223 for epithelial ovarian cancer.

Li Yang, Zhihong Yang, Zhihui Liu, Na Qi, Lili Tao

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Article in BMC women's health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Exosomal ncRNAs in reproductive cancers†.Biology of reproduction · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Li YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangshan Workers' Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Zhihong YangDepartment of Basic Medicine, Tangshan Vocational and Technical College, 120 Xinhua West Road, Lubei District, Tangshan, Hebei Province, 063000, China. yangzhihong78@tsvtc.edu.cn.
Zhihui LiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangshan Workers' Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Na QiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangshan Workers' Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Lili TaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangshan Workers' Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Tangshan People's Hospital · CNTangshan College · CN

Funding

Tangshan Talent Funding Project A202010008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the diagnostic value of plasma exosomal miR-223 and its combination with CA125 for the diagnosis of early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). PATIENTS AND

methodsExosomes derived from the plasma of 78 EOC patients, 40 patients with epithelial benign ovarian tumors, and 52 healthy participants were isolated using the ultracentrifugation method and identified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and western blot.

resultsThe expression of exosomal miR-223 was significantly upregulated in the plasma of EOC patients compared to that in healthy subjects and patients with benign diseases. The combination of exosomal miR-223 and CA125 from plasma had an equivalent area under the ROC curve (AUC) to CA125 alone for discriminating between EOC and non-EOC cases, including healthy subjects and benign ovarian tumors. However, the AUC value of the combination was 0.944 (95% CI: 0.899-0.990) for differentially diagnosing early-stage EOC from healthy subjects, slightly higher than that of CA125 alone (0.928, 95% CI: 0.875-0.981), with a sensitivity and specificity of 0.9784 and 0.885, respectively.

conclusionOur data suggest that plasma exosomal miR-223 can be used as a complement to CA125 to increase the diagnostic power for differentiating early-stage EOC from healthy subjects.

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ExosomesMicroRNAsOvarian NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCA-125 AntigenCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialFemaleHumansSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkers, TumorCA-125 AntigenMicroRNAsMIR223, humanDiagnosisEpithelial ovarian cancersExosomesmiR-223

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PMID38431592
PMCPMC10908149
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