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MicroRNAs as effective surrogate biomarkers for early diagnosis of oral cancer
- Source :
- Clinical Oral Investigations. 22:571-581
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OC) are life-threatening diseases emerging as major international health concerns. Development of an efficient clinical strategy for early diagnosis of the disease is a key for reducing the death rate. Biomarkers are proven to be an effective approach for clinical diagnosis of cancer. Although mechanisms underlying regulation of oral malignancy are still unclear, microRNAs (miRNAs) as a group of small non-coded RNAs may be developed as the effective biomarkers used for early detection of oral cancer. A literature search was conducted using the databases of PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library. The following search terms were used: miRNAs and oral cancer or oral carcinoma. A critical appraisal of the included studies was performed with upregulated miRNAs and downregulated miRNAs in oral cancer. In this review, we summarize the research progress made in miRNAs for diagnosis of oral cancer. The involvement of miRNAs identified in signal transduction pathways in OC, including Ras/MAPK signaling, PI3K/AKT signaling, JAK/STAT signaling, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, Notch signaling, and TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway. A number of studies demonstrated that miRNAs may be developed as an ideal set of biomarkers used for early diagnosis and prognosis of cancers because of the stability in human peripheral blood and body fluids and availability of non-invasive approaches being developed for clinical utility. Clinical relevance: These findings suggest that miRNAs as biomarkers may be useful for diagnosis of OC.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
business.industry
Wnt signaling pathway
Notch signaling pathway
Cancer
Disease
medicine.disease
Malignancy
Bioinformatics
MicroRNAs
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
microRNA
Biomarkers, Tumor
Carcinoma
medicine
Humans
Mouth Neoplasms
business
General Dentistry
Early Detection of Cancer
PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14363771 and 14326981
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Oral Investigations
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....18cf76edf93369687812b0153949827f