Review Article

MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers in Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges

Table 3

Potential miRNAs biomarkers for types of cancers in blood and other body fluids.

Cancer SamplesmiRNAs biomarkersExpressionReference

GlioblastomaSerummiR-15b, -23a, -133a, -150, -197, -497Up[158]
PlasmamiR-128, -342-3pDown[30]
CSFmiR-21, -17-5p, -200Up[30]

Head and neckPlasmamiR-31, -10b, -24, -181, -184Up[87]
SalivamiR-31Up[87]
miR-200a, -125aDown[87]

Breast cancerSerummiR-373, -155 Up[159]
miR-34a, -17Down[159]
miR-222, -103, -23a, -29a, -23b, -24, -25Up[160]
PlasmamiR-148b, -376c, -409-3p, -801Up[80]

Lung cancerSerummiR-21-3p, -205-5p, -205-3p, -141, -200c Up[92]
miR-21, -24, -205, -30dUp[93]
PlasmamiR-21, -155Up[114]
miR-145Down[114]
ExosomemiR-17-3p, -21, -106a, -146, -155, -191,-192, -203, -205, -210, -212, -214Up[161]
SputummiR-205, -210, -708Up[90]

Liver cancerSerummiR-122Up[162]
miR-500Up[163]
miR-21, -122, -223Up[164]
miR-21, -1, -25, -92a, -206, -375, let-7fUp[165]
miR-16Down[166]

Gastric cancerSerummiR-221, -376c, -744Up[167]
miR-1, -20a, -27a, -34, -423-5pUp[168]
PlasmamiR-106b, -20a, -221Up[81]
miR-21, -223, -218Up[169]
miR-451, -486Down[170]

Pancreatic cancerSerummiR-21, -100, -155Up[171]
miR-203, -369-5p, -376a, -375Up[172]
PlasmamiR-21, -210, -155, -196aUp[82, 173]
ExosomemiR-21, -17-5pUp[174]

Colorectal cancerSerummiR-29aUp[175]
PlasmamiR-17-3p, -92Up[68]
miR-92a, -29aUp[176]
miR-27b, -148a, -326Up[177]
miR-221Up[178]
miR-15b, -17Up[179]

Ovarian cancerSerummiR-21, -92, -93, -126, -29aUp[131]
miR-155, -127, -99bDown[131]
PlasmamiR-205 Up[180]
let-7fDown[180]
ExosomemiR-21, -141, -200a/b/c, -203, -205, -214Up[84]

Prostate cancerSerummiR-26a-1, -141, -375Up[181]
miR-16, -195, -26a, let7iUp[128]
miR-20b, -874, -1274a, -1207-5p, -93, -106aUp[182]
miR-223, -26b, -30c, -24Down[182]
ExosomemiR-107, -574-3pUp[85]

BladderBloodmiR-129, -133bUp[183]
miR-26b-5p, -144-5p, -374-5pUp[184]
miR-378g, -942, -106a-5p, -142-3p, -374aUp[185]
UrinemiR-18a, -25, -187Up[89]
miR-142-3p, -140-5p, -204Down[89]
miR-214Up[91]
miR-200, -155, -192, -205Up[186]

Large B-cell lymphomaSerummiR-21, -155, -210Up[73]
miR-15a, -16-1, -29c, -155Up[187]
miR-34aDown[187]

LeukemiaSerummiR-181b-5p, -10a-5p, -93-5pUp[188]
miR-129-5p, -155-5p, -320dUp[188]
miR-29c, -223Down[189]