Oncogenic microRNA signature for early diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer.

ABSTRACT: Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in women globally, despite the widespread use of cytology/human papillomavirus (HPV) screening. In the present study, we aimed to identify the potential role of microRNA (miRNA) as a diagnostic biomarker in the detection of cervical pre-malignant lesions and cancer. In total, we recruited 582 patients with cervical diseases and 145 control individuals. The expression levels of six miRNAs (miR-20a, miR-92a, miR-141, miR-183*, miR-210 and miR-944) were found to be significantly up-regulated in cervical cancer and pre-malignant lesions compared to normal cervical samples, indicating that they are oncogenic miRNAs. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that these six miRNAs can be used to distinguish patients with c

SUBMITTER: Liu SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6275249 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature