Four plasma miRNAs act as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of non‑small cell lung cancer

  • Authors:
    • He-Guo Jiang
    • Chun-Hua Dai
    • Ya-Ping Xu
    • Qian Jiang
    • Xian-Bin Xia
    • Yang Shu
    • Jian Li
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  • Published online on: September 17, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13053
  • Article Number: 792
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Abstract

Previous studies have reported that the aberrant expression of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) can be used as diagnostic and prognostic markers in non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The present study aimed to assess the diagnostic and prognostic predictive values of four plasma miRNAs for NSCLC. A total of 12 candidate miRNAs were selected that have previously been reported to be aberrantly expressed in NSCLC, and their plasma levels in the training set were detected via reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR analysis. The screened out miRNAs were further validated in the testing set. The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve was constructed to evaluate diagnostic performance. Kaplan‑Meier survival analysis was performed to assess the association between the plasma miRNA levels and disease‑free survival (DFS) time. The results demonstrated that 4/12 plasma miRNAs (miR‑210, miR‑1290, miR‑150 and miR‑21‑5p) were highly expressed in patients with NSCLC compared with their expression levels in patients with benign lung disease (BLD) and healthy controls in the training and testing sets, respectively. The AUC values of the four‑miRNA panel were 0.96 and 0.93 in the training and testing sets, respectively, for distinguishing patients with NSCLC from healthy controls, which were similar to the AUC values for distinguishing patients with NSCLC from patients with BLD (0.96 and 0.94). The AUC values of the four‑miRNA panel in patients with stage I NSCLC were comparable to that of patients with stage II‑III NSCLC (0.942 and 0.965). Patients with high plasma levels of miR‑210 and miR‑150 had worse DFS than those with low plasma levels of these miRNAs. In addition, patients whose plasma levels of the four miRNAs decreased by >50% after surgery exhibited a good DFS. Taken together, the results of the present study suggest that these four miRNAs (miR‑210, miR‑1290, miR‑150 and miR‑21‑5p) act as useful biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of NSCLC.
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Jiang H, Dai C, Xu Y, Jiang Q, Xia X, Shu Y and Li J: Four plasma miRNAs act as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of non‑small cell lung cancer. Oncol Lett 22: 792, 2021
APA
Jiang, H., Dai, C., Xu, Y., Jiang, Q., Xia, X., Shu, Y., & Li, J. (2021). Four plasma miRNAs act as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of non‑small cell lung cancer. Oncology Letters, 22, 792. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13053
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Jiang, H., Dai, C., Xu, Y., Jiang, Q., Xia, X., Shu, Y., Li, J."Four plasma miRNAs act as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of non‑small cell lung cancer". Oncology Letters 22.5 (2021): 792.
Chicago
Jiang, H., Dai, C., Xu, Y., Jiang, Q., Xia, X., Shu, Y., Li, J."Four plasma miRNAs act as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of non‑small cell lung cancer". Oncology Letters 22, no. 5 (2021): 792. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13053