Review Article

Deregulation of the miRNAs Expression in Cervical Cancer: Human Papillomavirus Implications

Table 1

MicroRNAs expression in cervical cancer.

AuthorDownregulatedUpregulatedMaterials and methodsReference

Wang et al., 2008miR-23b, miR-34a, miR-101, miR-143, miR145, miR-218, and miR-424, miR-15a, miR146a, and miR-223HPV16+, HPV18+, and HPV negative cervical cancer cell lines; cervical cancer versus age matched normal cervix samples; microarray platform, Northern blot[11]

Li et al., 2011Let-7b, miR-10b, miR-29a miR-99a, miR-125b, miR-126, miR-218, miR-375, and miR-424 miR-15b, miR-16, miR-17, miR-20a, miR-20b, miR-93, miR-106a, miR-155, and miR-224Cervical fresh frozen tissues including SCC ( ), CIN2-3 ( ), and HR-HPV infected normal cervix with viral cytopathic effect ( ) and disease-free histologically normal specimens ( ); microarray platform, quantitative RT-PCR[17]

Lui et al., 2007let-7a-c, miR-23b, miR-143, and miR-196bmiR-21Six cervical cancer cell lines and five normal cervical samples; cloning-based technique, Northern blot[18]

Martinez et al., 2008miR-126, miR-143, miR145, miR-195, miR-218, miR-368, and miR-497 miR-182, miR-183, and miR210HPV16+, HPV18+, and HPV negative cervical cancer lines and cervical cancer tissue samples versus normal cervix samples; microarray platform, Northern blot, quantitative RT-PCR[30]

Gardiner et al., 2011miR-218 and miR-433miR-21, miR-124, miR-135b, miR-141, miR-223, miR-301b, miR-449a, miR-449b, miR-517a, miR-517c, and miR-545Six cervical cancer biopsies, three types of cervical dysplasia, and four normal cervical tissues; microarray platform, quantitative RT-PCR[43]

Pereira et al., 2010miR-26a, miR-29a miR-143, miR-145, miR-99a, miR-199a, miR-203, and miR-513 miR-10a, miR-132, miR-148a, miR196a, and miR-302bSeven cases of high-grade SIL (CINII, , and CIN III, ), 9 cases of low-grade SIL (CIN I), and 19 normal cervix samples; microarray platform, quantitative RT-PCR[50]

Lee et al., 2008miR-149 and miR203miR9, miR127, miR-199b, miR-199s, and miR-214 Ten cervical cancer tissue samples versus ten normal cervix controls; quantitative RT-PCR[80]