MicroRNAs as potential biomarkers for gastric cancer |
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Authors: | Han-Shao Liu Hua-Sheng Xiao National Engineering Research Center for Biochip at Shanghai Shanghai-MOST |
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Affiliation: | Han-Shao Liu;Hua-Sheng Xiao;National Engineering Research Center for Biochip at Shanghai;Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory for Disease and Health Genomics,Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai;Advanced Institute of Translational Medicine,Tongji University; |
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Abstract: | Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer-related death. More than 80% of diagnoses occur at the middle to late stage of the disease, highlighting an urgent need for novel biomarkers detectable at earlier stages. Recently, aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) have received a great deal of attention as potential sensitive and accurate biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. This review summarizes the current knowledge about potential miRNA biomarkers for gastric cancer that have been reported in the publicly available literature between 2008 and 2013. Available evidence indicates that aberrantly expressed miRNAs in gastric cancer correlate with tumorigenesis, tumor proliferation, distant metastasis and invasion. Furthermore, tissue and cancer types can be classified using miRNA expression profiles and next-generation sequencing. As miRNAs in plasma/serum are well protected from RNases, they remain stable under harsh conditions. Thus, potential functions of these circulating miRNAs can be deduced and may implicate their diagnostic value in cancer detection. Circulating miRNAs, as well as tissue miRNAs, may allow for the detection of gastric cancer at an early stage, prediction of prognosis, and monitoring of recurrence and/or lymph node metastasis. Taken together, the data suggest that the participation of miRNAs in biomarker development will enhance the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic and prognostic tests for gastric cancer. |
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Keywords: | MicroRNAs Gastric cancer Biomarker Clinical application |
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