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Table 1 Summary of the studies conducted on application of commonly investigated miRNAs as biomarkers in solid tumors

From: Non-coding RNAs as potential therapeutic targets for receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in solid tumors: current status and future directions

Malignancy

MicroRNA

Target

N. of cases

Pattern of alteration

Application

Site of measurement

Validity

Associated determinants of prognosis

References

Breast cancer

miR-21

PTEN

102

Up-regulation

Diagnostic, prognostic

Serum

AUC = 0.721

Visceral metastasis (p < 0.001)

[209]

miR-195

Raf1

210

Down-regulation

Diagnostic, treatment response

Serum

AUC = 0.859

–

[210, 211]

miR-155

SOCS1

103

Up-regulation

Diagnostic, treatment response

Serum

AUC = 0.801

–

[95, 212]

Colorectal cancer

miR-21

PTEN

200

Up-regulation

Diagnostic

Serum

AUC = 0.802

–

[213]

miR-92a

PTEN

200

Up-regulation

Diagnostic, prognostic

Serum

AUC = 0.786

Poor survival (p = 0.03)

[213, 214]

miR-200c

ZEB1/ZEB2

446

Up-regulation

Prognostic

Serum

–

Higher disease stage, lymph node metastasis (p = 0.0026), distant metastasis (0.0023), overall survival (p = 0.0064), tumor recurrence (HR = 4.51, p = 0.005)

[102, 215]

Gastric cancer

miR-182

FOXO1

47

Down-regulation

Diagnostic

Serum

AUC = 0.898

–

[216, 217]

miR-21

PTEN

50

Up-regulation

Diagnostic

Serum, PBMC

AUC = 0.912 (serum), AUC = 0.898 (PBMC)

–

[218]

miR-106b

ALEX1

90

Up-regulation

Diagnostic

Plasma

AUC = 0.7733

–

[219, 220]

Pancreatic cancer

miR-21

PTEN

49

Up-regulation

Diagnostic

Plasma

AUC = 0.62

–

[221, 222]

miR-7

MAP3K1

8

Down-regulation

Prognostic

Plasma

–

Advanced tumor stage, poor survival

[223, 224]

200c

ZEB1/ZEB2

84

Up-regulation

Prognostic

Tissue

–

Poor overall survival (p = 0.013)

[102, 225]

HCC

miR-122

IGF1R

50

Up-regulation

Diagnostic, prognostic

Serum

AUC = 0.954

Favorite prognosis (p < 0.001)

[226, 227]

miR-21

PTEN

126

Up-regulation

Diagnostic

Plasma

AUC = 0.953

–

[221, 228]

NSCLC

miR-21

PTEN

152

Up-regulation

Diagnostic, prognostic

Serum

AUC = 0.81

Tumor size (p = 0.001), higher TNM stage (p = 0.004)

[221, 229]

miR-126

VEGF

112

Up-regulation

Diagnostic

Serum

AUC = 0.793

–

[230, 231]

let7c

IGF1R

120

Down-regulation

Diagnostic

Plasma

AUC = 0.714

–

[232, 233]