TY - JOUR AB - microRNAs are involved in the tumor progression of various cancer types. The present study aimed to determine the prognostic significance of microRNA‑505 (miR‑505) in patients with breast cancer and investigate the functional role of miR‑505 in BCa progression. The expression of miR‑505 was estimated using reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Kaplan‑Meier survival curves and Cox regression analysis were used to evaluate the prognostic value of miR‑505 in patients with BCa. Cell experiments were performed to assess the biological function of miR‑505 during BCa progression. A significant downregulated expression level of miR‑505 was observed in BCa tissues and cells compared with the corresponding controls (P<0.001). The expression of miR‑505 was significantly associated with distant metastasis status (P=0.013) and Tumor‑Node‑Metastasis staging (P=0.002). Furthermore, the overall survival time was significantly shorter for patients with low miR‑505 expression compared with those with high miR‑505 expression (P<0.001). In addition, miR‑505 was identified as an independent prognostic factor for BCa. The results of cell experiments revealed that an overexpression of miR‑505 could significantly inhibit BCa cell proliferation, migration and invasion, whereas a downregulation of miR‑505 significantly enhanced BCa cell proliferation, migration and invasion (P<0.05). In summary, all data indicated that a low miR‑505 expression level is associated with a poor prognosis for patients with BCa and promotes tumor cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Therefore, the aberrant expression of miR‑505 may serve as a therapeutic target for BCa. AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang, Shandong 262500, P.R. China AU - Wang,Jian AU - Liu,Haibo AU - Li,Minghong DA - 2019/07/01 DO - 10.3892/ol.2019.10334 EP - 254 IS - 1 JO - Oncol Lett KW - microRNA‑505 prognosis proliferation migration invasion breast cancer PY - 2019 SN - 1792-1074 1792-1082 SP - 247 ST - Downregulation of miR‑505 promotes cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and predicts poor prognosis in breast cancer T2 - Oncology Letters TI - Downregulation of miR‑505 promotes cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and predicts poor prognosis in breast cancer UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10334 VL - 18 ER -