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Abstract

MicroRNA and LncRNA Expression Profiles in Human Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer by Xiying Shao, Ping Huang, Lei Shi, Lei Lei, Wenming Cao, Zhanhong Chen, Xiaojia Wang, Yabing Zheng

Background: Recent studies have established non-coding RNAs, which include microRNAs and lncRNAs, are aberrantly expressed in breast cancer. In this study, we explore the expression profile of microRNAs and lncRNAs in ER positive (ER+) breast and paracancerous tissues and define their possible correlations.
Methods: We collected ER+ breast cancer patients’ and paracancerous tissues from the specimen bank of Zhejiang Cancer Hospital to extract total RNA for obtaining the expression level of microRNAs and lncRNAs by qRT-PCR.
Results: The relative expression results indicated that microRNAs such as MIR-191, MIR-213, MIR-122A had significantly higher expression and MIR-125B-1, MIR-125B-2, MIR-145 had lower expression in ER positive breast cancer compared to normal breast. The interaction of microRNA and lncRNA results exhibited upregulated MIR382-5P and lncRNA 362 in ER+ breast cancer compared to non-cancerous breast. By contrast, MIR222 and NFIA-AS1 are down-regulated. Furthermore, MIR222 and NFIA-AS1 showed different expressions in different TNM stages.
Conclusions: MicroRNAs and lncRNAs are aberrantly expressed in ER+ breast cancer. It is inferred that these microRNAs and lncRNAs may be promising biomarkers for ER positive breast cancer.

DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2018.180340