Introduction: The expression patterns of microRNAs in plasma are involved in potential biomarkers for several diseases. The goal of this study was to explore the expression level of miR-155 in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and its clinical significance.
Materials And Methods: We used qRT-PCR to assess the peripheral blood plasma of 40 DLBCL patients for the expression of miRNA-155. The median of miR-155 expression divided the DLBCL patients into miR-155 low-expression (miR-155) and miR-155 high-expression (miR-155) groups.
Results And Discussion: We found that plasma miR-155 expression was significantly up-regulated in patients with DLBCL (median expression value: 4.29, range: 1.52-27.86) compared to healthy individuals (median expression value: 2.14, range: 0.29-10.56, P < 0.002). Moreover, DLBCL cases with an elevated level of miR-155 had shorter overall survival (median 9 vs. 13 months, P = 0.043) than those with a lower miR-155 expression.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2018.05.006 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Learned phenotypes emerge during social stress modifying hippocampal orexin receptor gene expression.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069-2390, USA.
Psychological distress, including anxiety or mood disorders, emanates from the onset of chronic/unpredictable stressful events. Symptoms in the form of maladaptive behaviors are learned and difficult to treat. While the origin of stress-induced disorders seems to be where learning and stress intersect, this relationship and molecular pathways involved remain largely unresolved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDCLRE1B as a novel prognostic biomarker associated with immune infiltration: a pancancer analysis.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China.
The DNA cross-link repair 1B (DCLRE1B) gene is involved in repairing cross-links between DNA strands, including those associated with Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome and congenital dyskeratosis. However, its role in tumours is not well understood. DCLRE1B expression profiles were examined in tumour tissues and normal tissues using TCGA, GTEx, and TARGET datasets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRole of P2X7 receptor in the progression and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang city, Jiangxi province, China.
P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) plays a role in regulating tumor progression, but it is unclear whether P2X7R affects the pathological characteristics of patients with gastric cancer and the activity of gastric cancer cells. Therefore, this study preliminarily investigated the relationship between P2X7R and clinicopathological features of patients with gastric cancer, and further explored the effect of P2X7R on the proliferation, migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells through functional experiments. The results showed that P2X7R was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues and gastric cancer cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComputational models based on machine learning and validation for predicting ionic liquids viscosity in mixtures.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, 81442, Saudi Arabia.
This research article presents a thorough and all-encompassing examination of predictive models utilized in the estimation of viscosity for ionic liquid solutions. The study focuses on crucial input parameters, namely the type of cation, the type of anion, the temperature (measured in Kelvin), and the concentration of the ionic liquid (expressed in mol%). This study assesses three influential machine learning algorithms that are based on the Decision Tree methodology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSOCS domain targets ECM assembly in lung fibroblasts and experimental lung fibrosis.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal disease defined by a progressive decline in lung function due to scarring and accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. The SOCS (Suppressor Of Cytokine Signaling) domain is a 40 amino acid conserved domain known to form a functional ubiquitin ligase complex targeting the Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) protein for proteasomal degradation. Here we show that the SOCS conserved domain operates as a molecular tool, to disrupt collagen and fibronectin fibrils in the ECM associated with fibrotic lung myofibroblasts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!