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MicroRNA profiling of serum microRNA from high grade serous ovarian carcinoma

ABSTRACT: High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most lethal gynecologic neoplasm, with five-year survival rate below 30%. Early disease detection is of utmost importance to improve the cure rate of HGSOC. Liquid biopsies are now becoming a new paradigm to develop novel biomarkers with diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The focus of this study was to detect the levels of circulating miRNAs in tissues and sera from patients with HGSOC and to evaluate their diagnostic value. To this end, an array-based discovery platform, followed by an innovative statistical approach of data normalization, was exploited, to identify miRNA species selectively expressed in serum of patients with HGSOC. Sera from 106 high grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) and 24 healthy controls were used for profiling serum microRNA using a modified version of a commercially available microarray, with the aim of identifying differentially expressed microRNA between tumor patients and healthy controls.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Luca Beltrame

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4667 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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MicroRNA profiling of serum microRNA from high grade serous ovarian carcinoma

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