Evaluating the expression of microRNA-15a-5p and YAP1 gene in oral squamous cell carcinoma in comparison with normal tissue : A cross-sectional study

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BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial regulatory roles in cancer progression, including oral cancer (OC). However, the biological mechanisms of miRNA-15a-5p in OC remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the expression of miRNA-15a-5p and the YAP1 gene in OC.

METHODS: A total of 22 clinically and histologically confirmed oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients were recruited, and their tissues were stored in a stabilizing solution. Later, RT-PCR was performed to evaluate miRNA-15a-5p and the targeting gene YAP1. The results of OSCC samples were compared with unpaired normal tissues.

RESULTS: The normality tests, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk, revealed a normal distribution. Inferential statistics were performed using an independent sample t-test/unpaired t-test among the study intervals to compare the expression of miR-15a and YAP1. SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0, Armonk, NY: IBM Corp. Released 2019) was used to analyse the data. The significance level was set at 5% (α = 0.05), and a p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The expression of miRNA-15a-5p was lower in OSCC than in normal tissue, whereas the opposite was observed for YAP1 levels.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, this study demonstrated that miRNA-15a-5p was downregulated and YAP1 was overexpressed, which had a statistically significant difference between the normal and OSCC groups. Therefore, miRNA-15a-5p may serve as a novel biomarker to better understand the pathology and as a potential target in OSCC therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 52(2023), 7 vom: 20. Aug., Seite 593-600

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saravana Murthy, Padmavathi [VerfasserIn]
Kannan, A [VerfasserIn]
Ganesan, Anuradha [VerfasserIn]
Lakshmi, Krithika Chandrasekar [VerfasserIn]
Aniyan Kumbalaparambil, Yesoda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
MiRNA-15a-5p
MicroRNA
MicroRNAs
Oral cancer
Oral squamous cell carcinoma
YAP1

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Date Completed 08.08.2023

Date Revised 08.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jop.13451

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357873238