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Molecular mechanism and role of microRNA‐93 in human cancers: A study based on bioinformatics analysis, meta‐analysis, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction validation
Author(s) -
Gao Yun,
Deng Kaifeng,
Liu Xuexiang,
Dai Meiyu,
Chen Xiaoli,
Chen Jifei,
Chen Jianming,
Huang Yujie,
Dai Shengming,
Chen Jingfan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/jcb.27924
Subject(s) - microrna , mechanism (biology) , computational biology , polymerase chain reaction , biology , bioinformatics , genetics , gene , philosophy , epistemology
Currently, studies have shown that microRNA‐93 (miR‐93) can be an oncogene or a tumor suppressor in different kinds of cancers. The role of miR‐93 in human cancers is inconsistent and the underlying mechanism on the aberrant expression of miR‐93 is complicated. Methods We first conducted gene enrichment analysis to give insight into the prospective mechanism of miR‐93. Second, we performed a meta‐analysis to evaluate the clinical value of miR‐93. Finally, a validation test based on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was performed to further investigate the role of miR‐93 in pan‐cancer. Results Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis results showed that the target genes of miR‐93 were closely related to transcription, and MAPK1, RBBP7 and Smad7 became the hub genes. In the diagnostic meta‐analysis, the overall sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve were 0.76 (0.64‐0.85), 0.82 (0.64‐0.92), and 0.85 (0.82‐0.88), respectively, which suggested that miR‐93 had excellent performance on the diagnosis for human cancers. In the prognostic meta‐analysis, dysregulated miR‐93 was found to be associated with poor OS in cancer patients. In the qPCR validation test, the serum levels of miR‐93 were upregulated in breast cancer, breast hyperplasia, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nasopharyngeal cancer, hepatocellular cancer, gastric ulcer, endometrial cancer, esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, and prostate cancer compared with healthy controls. Conclusions miR‐93 could act as an effective diagnostic and prognostic factor for cancer patients. Its clinical value for cancer early diagnosis and survival prediction is promising.