High-throughput qRT-PCR validation of blood microRNAs in non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT: Validation of biomarkers is essential to advance the translational process to clinical application. Although there exists an increasing number of reports on small non-coding RNAs (microRNAs) as minimally-invasive markers from blood, serum or plasma, just a limited number is verified in follow-up studies. We used qRT-PCR to evaluate a known miRNA signature measured from blood that allowed for separation between patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), COPD and healthy controls.From the data of our previous microarray studies we selected a panel of 235 miRNAs related to lung cancer and COPD. We observed a high concordance between the AUC values of our initial microarray screening and the qRT-PCR data (correlation of 0.704, p < 10-16). Overall, 90.3% of markers were successfully vali

SUBMITTER: Leidinger P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4826230 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature