title: Serum miR-16: A Potential Biomarker for Predicting Melanoma Prognosis.
abstract: Melanoma is among the most malignant cancers with notorious aggressiveness, and its prognosis is greatly influenced by progression status. Serum microRNAs are small noncoding RNAs with high stability and easy accessibility in human blood. Their expression profiles are frequently dysregulated in cancers; hence, levels of serum microRNAs may reflect progression status and thus predict melanoma prognosis. In a hospital based case-control study, we found a significant reduction of serum miR-16 level in melanoma patients compared with cancer-free controls (P < 0.001). In addition, serum miR-16 level markedly decreased in melanoma patients with increased tumor thickness, occurrence of ulceration, and advanced American Joint Committee on Cancer stages, and was highly correlated with tissue Ki-67 expression (r = -0.521, P < 0.0001). Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed a prognostic role of serum miR-16 (hazard ratio 2.49, 95% confidence interval 1.10-5.63, P = 0.028), which independently evaluated patients' survival outcome. Finally, the suppressive role of miR-16 in melanoma growth was validated both in vitro and in vivo. In conclusion, we demonstrated that serum miR-16 is a potential biomarker for predicting melanoma prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Weinan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Shuli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Huina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Xiuli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China.
authors.forename: Tianwen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China. Electronic address: lichying@fmmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chunying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D035683:MicroRNAs