Diagnosis value of aberrantly expressed microRNA profiles in lung squamous cell carcinoma: a study based on the Cancer Genome Atlas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is considered as one of the most frequent and deadly cancers with high mortality all around the world. It is critical to find new biomarkers for early diagnosis of lung cancer, especially lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a database which provides both cancer and clinical information. This study is a comprehensive analysis of a novel diagnostic biomarker for LUSC, based on TCGA.

Methods and results

The present study investigated LUSC-specific key microRNAs (miRNAs) from large-scale samples in TCGA. According to exclusion criteria and inclusion criteria, the expression profiles of miRNAs with related clinical information of 332 LUSC patients were obtained. Most aberrantly expressed miRNAs were identified between tumo

SUBMITTER: Yang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5712466 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature