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Table 3 MicroRNAs in cancer-associated fibroblasts as biomarkers for cancer prognosis

From: The promising role of noncoding RNAs in cancer-associated fibroblasts: an overview of current status and future perspectives

Cancer type

No. of samples

ncRNA

Dysregulation or exomosal

Method

Expression*

Result in

References

Colorectal cancer

170

miR-21

Dysregulation

ISH

↓

Poorer OS

[166]

Gastric cancer

120

miR-106b

Dysregulation

ISH

↑

Poorer OS

[208]

Gastric cancer

68

miR-143

Dysregulation

ISH and qRT-PCR

↑

Higher CSM

[209]

Gastric cancer

71

miR-145

Dysregulation

qRT-PCR

↑

Higher CSM

[210]

Head and neck cancer

74

miR-196a

Exomosal

qRT-PCR

↑

Poorer OS

[157]

Hepatocellular carcinoma

85

miR-21

Exomosal

qRT-PCR

↑

Poorer OS

[96]

Lung cancer

89

miR-21

Dysregulation

ISH

↑

Poorer OS

[167]

Lung cancer

134

miR-200a

Dysregulation

ISH

↓

Poorer OS

[211]

Pancreatic cancer

153

miR-21

Dysregulation

ISH

↑

Poorer OS

[168]

Oral squamous

cell carcinoma

140

lncRNA FLJ22447

Dysregulation

qRT-PCR

↑

Poorer OS

[188]

Ovarian cancer

62

10 lncRNAs

Dysregulation

–

–

Poorer OS

[199]

  1. OS, overall survival; CSM, cancer-specific mortality
  2. *Refers to the expression level of the poor prognosis group in the case–control study