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THE PRELIMINARY DATA OF GENE EXPRESSIONS AND BIOINFORMATICS ANALYSIS OF MIR-146B-5P AND MIR-4510 IN THE TURKISH POPULATION IN HBV-RELATED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
DUYGU BRCAN KADOGLU, COSKUN OZER DEMRTAS, DLEK PRM, FEYZA DLBER, FATH EREN
Hepatology Forum - 2024;5(3):106-112
Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkiye; Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkiye

Background and Aim: It is reported that miRNAs play an important role in hepatocellular carcinogenesis and may serve as non-invasive biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MiR-4510 and miR-146b-5p expres-sion levels have been found to be associated with HCC. However, their associations with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related HCC (HBV-HCC) are yet to be explored. We aimed to assess the predictive value of expression levels of serum miR-4510 and miR-146b-5p in patients with HBV-HCC and performed bioinformatics analyses based on the miRNA expression profile. Material and methods: This cross-sectional study used the serum of 16 patients with Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB), 15 hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis (HBV-cirrhosis), 15 HBV-HCC, and 16 healthy subjects. The total RNA was isolated from serum, and the expression of miRNAs was measured by qRT-PCR, calculated using the 2-ΔΔCt methods. MIENTURNET was used to predict miRNA-target gene interactions. The Network Analyst was used to build protein-protein interactions. Results: There was a significant difference in miR-146b-5p between study groups (p=0.009). MiR-146b-5p expression was found to be significantly reduced in HBV-HCC compared to the HBV-cirrhosis group and healthy controls (p=0.005 and p=0.006, respectively). Conclusion: The serum miR-146b-5p levels might be a promising tool to be used as a non-invasive diagnostic biomarker for HCC. Our findings shed light on potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of HBV-HCC in terms of selected miRNAs. The target pathways of miR-146b-5p identified by our insilico analysis to reveal the functional mechanism are “MAPK signaling pathways” and “Pathways in cancer.”

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