%0 Journal Article
%T Prognostic and predictive roles of microRNA-383 in colorectal cancer
%A Alavieh Fateh
%A Behrouz Shokoohi
%A Mohammad Ali Hosseinpour Feizi
%A Mohammad Hossein Somi
%A Reyhaneh Ravanbakhsh
%A Reza Safaralizadeh
%A Shahryar Hashemzadeh
%A Shirin Azarbarzin
%J -
%D 2016
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/gi.2016.6641
%X MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are impressive regulators of gene expression that have a critical role in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer (CRC). With respect to the aberrant expression of miRNA-383 (miR-383) in some types of human malignancy, this prospective study characterized its contribution to CRC tumorigenesis. The real-time reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction was used to examine miR-383 expression levels prospectively in 40 sample pairs of CRC tissues and adjacent noncancerous tissues (>2 cm from cancer tissue). No significant relationship was found between miR-383 expression levels and clinicopathological features. The ability of miR-383 to function as a tumor marker was also examined. Showing significant changes overall, miR-383 expression levels were significantly down regulated in the group of CRC samples compared with matched noncancerous tissue samples. A receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve also showed ROC area of 70% for miR-383 with 68 and 75% sensitivity and specificity, respectively. Therefore, miR-383 can be considered as a tumor marker in CRC and help as a potential predictive biomarker in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
%U https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/gi/article/view/6641