A comprehensive clinicopathological evaluation of the differential expression of microRNA-331 in breast tumors and its diagnostic significance.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:MicroRNA-331 (miR-331) has shown regulatory activity against several genes whose expression has been claimed to be deregulated in breast tumors, including that of epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Herein, the clinical value of miR-331 expression was investigated by analyzing its levels in breast benign and malignant tumors. METHODS:The expression levels of miR-331 were quantified via real-time PCR in 130 malignant and 66 benign breast tissue specimens collected after surgical resection of primary tumors. The generated data were analyzed by applying several statistical tests in order to examine the relationship of miR-331 expression with various established clinicopathological features and survival data of patients. RESULTS:Our data showed that miR-331 was overexpressed in malignant breast tumors compared to their benign counterparts both overall (P = 0.026) and individually when the subgroups of fibroadenoma and invasive ductal carcinoma were analyzed with each other (P = 0.001). ROC curve analysis confirmed the diagnostic value of these variations, providing an AUC value equal to 0.597 (P = 0.026) and 0.663 (P = 0.001), respectively. Furthermore, miR-331 levels were elevated (P = 0.026) in ductal cancerous specimens compared to the lobular ones but failed to correlate with other clinicopathological features or survival data of the breast cancer patients. CONCLUSIONS:Our results provide evidence that miR-331 levels might provide valuable information regarding the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast tumors but present no prognostic value for breast cancer.

journal_name

Clin Biochem

journal_title

Clinical biochemistry

authors

Papadopoulos EI,Papachristopoulou G,Ardavanis A,Scorilas A

doi

10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.07.008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-09-01 00:00:00

pages

24-32

eissn

0009-9120

issn

1873-2933

pii

S0009-9120(18)30339-4

journal_volume

60

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