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The potential diagnostic value of serum microRNA signature in patients with pancreatic cancer

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Johansen, Julia S., Calatayud, Dan, Albieri, Vanna, Schultz, Nicolai A., Dehlendorff, Christian, Werner, Jens, Jensen, Benny V., Pfeiffer, Per +7 more·2016·International Journal of Cancer

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Biomarkers for early diagnosis of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) are needed. Our aim was to identify panels of miRNAs in serum in combination with CA 19‐9 for use in the diagnosis of PC. Four hundred seventeen patients with PC were included prospectively from Denmark (n = 306) and Germany (n = 111). Controls included 59 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and 248 healthy subjects (HS). MiRNAs were analyzed in pretreatment serum samples from 3 cohorts: discovery cohort (754 human miRNAs, TaqMan® Human MicroRNA assay, Applied Biosystem; PC n = 133, controls n = 72); training cohort (34 miRNAs, real‐time qPCR using the Fluidigm BioMark™ System; PC n = 198, controls n = 184); validation cohort (13 miRNAs, real‐time qPCR using the Fluidigm BioMark™ System; PC n = 86, controls n = 51). We found that 34 miRNAs in serum from PC patients in the discovery cohort were expressed differently than in controls. These miRNAs were tested in the training cohort, and four diagnostic panels were constructed that included 5 or 12 miRNAs (miR‐16, −18a, −20a, −24, −25, −27a, −29c, −30a.5p, −191, −323.3p, −345 and −483.5p). Diagnostic accuracy of detecting PC in the training cohort was AUC (Index I 0.85; II 0.87; III 0.85; IV 0.95; CA 19‐9 0.93); specificity (I 0.71; II 0.76; III 0.66; IV 0.90 (fixed sensitivity at 0.85); CA 19‐9 0.93). Combining serum CA 19‐9 and Index II best discriminated Stages I and II PC from HS [AUC 0.93 (0.90–0.96), sensitivity 0.77 (0.69–0.84), specificity 0.94 (0.90–0.96) and accuracy 0.88 (0.84–0.91)]. In conclusion, we identified four diagnostic panels based on 5 or 12 miRNAs in serum that could distinguish patients with PC from HS and CP.

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Johansen, J. S., Calatayud, D., Albieri, V., Schultz, N. A., Dehlendorff, C., Werner, J., Jensen, B. V., Pfeiffer, P., Bojesen, S. E., Giese, N., Nielsen, K. R., Nielsen, S. E., Yilmaz, M., Holländer, N. H., & Andersen, K. K.
Affiliations
  • Herlev Hospital (DK)
  • Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
  • Danish Cancer Society (DK)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
  • Odense University Hospital (DK)
  • Aalborg University Hospital (DK)
  • Nordsjællands Hospital (DK)
  • Næstved Sygehus (DK)
Corresponding author
Johansen, Julia S.
Venue
International Journal of Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-08-16
Volume
139
Issue
10
Pages
2312-2324
ISSN
  • 0020-7136 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0215
OpenAlex
W2495300983
Cited by
47
References
42
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
  • VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • The Research Council at Herlev Hospital, Joint Proof-of-Concept Fund
  • Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark
  • Danish Cancer Society and Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
Keywords
pancreatic cancer, serum microRNA, microRNA signature, diagnostic biomarkers, CA19-9, early diagnosis, diagnostic accuracy, chronic pancreatitis, miR-16, miR-21, miR-20a, miR-24, miR-25, miR-27a, miR-29c, miR-30a-5p, miR-191, miR-345, miR-483-5p
MeSH terms
Humans, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Reproducibility of Results, Case-Control Studies, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, MicroRNAs, Pancreatitis, Chronic

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