İnvaziv duktal meme karsinomunda dolaşımdaki miR-6838-5p/miR-195-5p imzasının tanımlanması
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2026
Yazarlar: Burçin KAYMAZ
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2026, cilt 53, ss 1-14
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-026-12762-2
Özet
<p>Background Circulating miRNAs (c-miRNAs) are promising non-invasive biomarkers for breast cancer detection, but </p><p>reproducible signatures remain limited. This study aimed to identify a circulating miRNA signature for invasive ductal breast </p><p>carcinoma, evaluate its discriminatory performance in an independent serum cohort, and explore the biological context of </p><p>the selected c-miRNAs.</p><p>Methods and Results Serum expression of 21 candidate c-miRNAs was analyzed by RT-qPCR in 46 treatment-naive inva-</p><p>sive ductal breast carcinoma patients and 46 healthy controls. Whole-blood expression of immune checkpoint-related genes </p><p>(PDCD1, CD274, CTLA4, and LAG3) was also assessed in 50 patients and 46 controls. Among the 21 candidates, 12 </p><p>c-miRNAs were significantly dysregulated after FDR correction. miR-6838-5p and miR-195-5p showed the strongest dis-</p><p>criminatory performance and were combined into a two-miRNA logistic regression model. This model achieved an AUC of </p><p>0.923 (95% CI: 0.873–0.974) in the discovery cohort and an optimism-corrected AUC of 0.917 after 1,000 bootstrap itera-</p><p>tions. In the independent GSE73002 serum cohort, including 1,280 breast cancer patients and 2,684 non-cancer controls, the </p><p>same two-miRNA combination retained strong ROC-derived discriminatory performance with an AUC of 0.939 (95% CI: </p><p>0.930–0.948). Exploratory downstream analyses provided additional biological context.</p><p>Conclusions The miR-6838-5p/miR-195-5p combination represents a promising circulating miRNA signature for invasive </p><p>ductal breast carcinoma. Its consistent discriminatory performance in the discovery cohort and an independent serum cohort </p><p>supports further evaluation in larger prospective studies. Additional work in clinically diverse cohorts, including benign </p><p>breast disease and early-stage populations, as well as paired serum–tissue and functional validation studies, is needed to </p><p>define its clinical applicability and biological origin.</p><p>Keywords Breast cancer · Invasive ductal carcinoma · Circulating microRNAs · miR-6838-5p · miR-195-5p · Two-</p><p>miRNA signature · Liquid biopsy</p>