Use of serum-circulating miRNA profiling for the identification of breast cancer biomarkers.

Methods Mol Biol

Laboratorio de Inmunología y Virología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Av. Universidad S/N Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, C.P. 66451, México.

Published: December 2014

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulatory molecules involved in disease pathogenesis. miRNAs are very stable in bodily fluids and can be detected in serum, plasma, saliva, and urine, among other fluids. Several studies have demonstrated the usefulness of serum miRNAs as potential biomarkers for detecting and monitoring cancer progression. Here, we describe in detail the experiment protocol we used to profile miRNA expression in the serum of breast cancer patients, including RNA extraction from serum, RT-qPCR quantification, and analysis of the deregulated miRNAs. Detection of circulating miRNAs may be a useful, noninvasive diagnostic tool for breast cancer.

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