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circular RNAs 0000515 and 0011385 as potential biomarkers for disease monitoring and determining prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Hanqing Wu
    • Bo Wang
    • Li Wang
    • Yinkai Xue
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  • Published online on: December 21, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13174
  • Article Number: 56
  • Copyright: © Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is extremely fatal and potential biomarkers for precision medicine of patients with PDAC are yet to be elucidated. Moreover, the clinical values of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in PDAC management are yet to be investigated. The aim of the present study was to perform a secondary analysis of two PDAC public datasets (GSE69362 and GSE79634), to identify the candidate circRNAs, to validate the expression of these circRNAs, and to determine their association with the clinicopathological characteristics and survival of patients with PDAC. A total of 60 patients with PDAC were retrospectively reviewed in the present study. The expression levels of these candidate circRNAs were detected in PDAC tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues via reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR analysis. In addition, the clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival (OS) of patients with PDAC were recorded. Bioinformatics analysis identified 22 overlapping differentially expressed (DE) circRNAs between the GSE69362 and GSE79634 datasets, among which nine DEcircRNAs with accordant expression trends (the DEcircRNAs that were upregulated or downregulated in tumor tissues compared with paired adjacent normal tissues in both datasets) were selected as candidate circRNAs, including circ_0000515, circ_0000517, circ_0000520, circ_0000514, circ_0011385, circ_0055033, circ_0072088, circ_0003528 and circ_0008514. In the 60 patients with PDAC, the expression levels of circ_0000515, circ_0000517, circ_0000520, circ_0000514, circ_0011385, circ_0055033, circ_0072088 and circ_0003528 were notably upregulated in PDAC tissues compared with paired adjacent normal tissues. Furthermore, circ_0000515, circ_0000520, circ_0000514, circ_0011385 and circ_0072088 were positively associated with T stage, N stage and/or TNM stage in patients with PDAC. Notably, circ_0000515 and circ_0011385 were negatively associated with OS in patients with PDAC. Taken together, the results of the present study suggest that circ_0000515 and circ_0011385 may serve as prognostic biomarkers for patients with PDAC.
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Wu H, Wang B, Wang L and Xue Y: circular RNAs 0000515 and 0011385 as potential biomarkers for disease monitoring and determining prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncol Lett 23: 56, 2022
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Wu, H., Wang, B., Wang, L., & Xue, Y. (2022). circular RNAs 0000515 and 0011385 as potential biomarkers for disease monitoring and determining prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncology Letters, 23, 56. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13174
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Wu, H., Wang, B., Wang, L., Xue, Y."circular RNAs 0000515 and 0011385 as potential biomarkers for disease monitoring and determining prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma". Oncology Letters 23.2 (2022): 56.
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Wu, H., Wang, B., Wang, L., Xue, Y."circular RNAs 0000515 and 0011385 as potential biomarkers for disease monitoring and determining prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma". Oncology Letters 23, no. 2 (2022): 56. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13174