PMID- 32277655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201209 LR - 20201214 IS - 2241-6293 (Electronic) IS - 1107-0625 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan-Feb TI - Novel insights into laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma from association study of aberrantly expressed miRNAs, lncRNAs and clinical features in Bulgarian patients. PG - 357-366 AB - PURPOSE: Laryngeal cancer is one of most common and aggressive head and neck cancers with poor prognosis and great necessity for improvement of treatment modalities. MicroRNAs (miRs) are among the most investigated molecules recently due to their potential as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in cancer. The purpose of our study was to explore the association of certain clinicopathological features with the expression levels of some known cancer associated non-coding (nc) RNAs: miR-21 and miR-31 in both of their isoforms, miR-145-5p, miR-55-5p, miR-196a-5p, miR-210-3p, miR-221-3p, miR-222-3p, miR-424-5p, lncRNA MALAT1 and lncRNA HOTAIR. METHODS: Expression levels of the chosen markers were investigated in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and normal samples in 82 Bulgarian patients via RT-qPCR, and the results were analyzed with SPSS v23.0 statistical software. RESULTS: All of the explored ncRNAs were significantly deregulated in LSCC samples, suggesting their involvement in laryngeal carcinogenesis. New significant association were found between the expression levels of miR-21-5p, miR-222-3p, HOTAIR and family history. Moreover, miR-424-5p showed potential as marker for subglottic LSCC location, and "passenger" miR-31-3p was significantly upregulated in well and moderately differentiated LSCC. CONCLUSION: Our results enrich the knowledge about ncRNA involvement in LSCC tumorigenesis. Further studies are needed to evaluate the clinical utility of the differently expressed ncRNAs as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in LSCC. FAU - Garo Kyurkchiyan, Silva AU - Garo Kyurkchiyan S AD - Molecular Medicine Center, Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria. FAU - Miroslavov Popov, Todor AU - Miroslavov Popov T FAU - Stancheva, Gergana AU - Stancheva G FAU - Rangachev, Julian AU - Rangachev J FAU - Ivanov Mitev, Vanyo AU - Ivanov Mitev V FAU - Petrova Popova, Diana AU - Petrova Popova D FAU - Petrova Kaneva, Radka AU - Petrova Kaneva R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Cyprus TA - J BUON JT - Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology JID - 100883428 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Bulgaria MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology MH - Male MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - RNA, Long Noncoding/*metabolism EDAT- 2020/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - J BUON. 2020 Jan-Feb;25(1):357-366.