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Authors Zhu L, Shu Z, Shun X
Received 19 March 2018
Accepted for publication 21 May 2018
Published 1 August 2018 Volume 2018:10 Pages 2337—2346
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S168594
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Editor who approved publication: Professor Kenan Onel
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of
different miRNAs in nonmetastatic and metastatic endometrial cancer Existing
evidence indicates that there are many factors affecting the metastasis of
endometrial cancer, and miRNAs play an unique role in many processes of
endometiral cancer.
Materials and
methods: miRNA sequences were downloaded from
The Cancer Genome Atlas Project database, and Bioinformatics technique was used
to deal with those data.
Results: We elucidated the relation between differentially expressed miRNAs
and clinical information for a total of 260 tumor tissues and 22 tumor tissues
that had metastasized. We used the threshold of P <0.05| log 2 FC |
>1.2 to identify potential miRNAs. Four differentially expressed miRNAs were
identified in nonmetastatic and metastatic endometrial cancers. Further
differential analysis of metastatic tissue revealed that miR-1247 is associated
with metastasis of endometrial cancer to the lung, and miR-3200 is associated
with the clinical stage of endometrial cancer. A functional enrichment analysis
showed that the four miRNAs may be involved in multiple pathways of cancer,
including the Wnt, NOTCH, and TGF-β signaling pathways and signaling pathways
regulating pluripotency of stem cells. Protein–protein interaction analysis
showed that PAK6 , SNAP25 , MAN1A1 , MYB , ZBTB4 , UST , ALDH1A3 , and NRP2 are hub genes of
relevant miRNAs in endometrial cancers.
Conclusion: The current study indicates that these four miRNAs may be related
to molecular markers of metastasis of endometrial cancer.
Keywords: endometrial cancer, bioinformatics, miR-1247, protein analysis