Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) has emerged as an accelerated-incidence chronic condition. UC has been identified as a precancerous lesion for colorectal cancer. Up-to-date genomic research revealed the value of many noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) in UC pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis.
Aim: The present study was aimed at measuring both and in the sera of UC patients as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and correlating them with the Mayo score which is a novel predictive indicator of malignant transformation as well as with clinicopathological characteristics of the disease.
Patients And Methods: Sixty-six UC patients and 80 healthy individuals participated in this study, the serum fold changes of and were measured by using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR).
Results: The current study findings include overexpressed lncRNAs and in the sera of ulcerative colitis patients [(median (IQR) = 2.290 (0.16-9.36), mean ± SD = 3.37 ± 3.904 for and median (IQR) = 7.305 (0.57-16.96), mean ± SD = 6.81 ± 4.002 for than controls, ROC curve analysis reported that these genes could predict UC. Both genes were positively correlated with each other which enforces their synergistic effects. Both genes are diagnostic for UC patients.We related studied genes to the severity of the disease. In addition to a significant positive correlation between each gene with ESR and Mayo score, we further classified the patients according to severity (according to Mayo score to remission, mild, moderate, and severe groups) with the following results; lower levels of and were significantly associated with mild disease and increased gradually with more severe forms of the disease (p < 0.05). Linear regression analysis with Mayo Score as a dependent variable revealed that only the predictive power of and ESR are significant. Moreover, ROC curve analysis when compared to that of the Mayo score revealed that reached 99 % accuracy. In summary, both genes are prognostic factors for UC patients.
Conclusion: and are diagnostic and prognostic serum biomarkers of ulcerative colitis.
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