Review Article

Serum/Plasma MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma in China

Table 2

The detailed characteristics of included studies (Part 2).

SourceHealthy controlInternal controlAlterative
microRNA
Conclusion

2010
Li et al. [27]
No detailsplant miR-168miR-25, miR-375,
and let-7f
Serve as biomarkers for HCC diagnosis

2011
Li et al. [25]
No detailsmmu-miR-295miR-221Provide significance for prognosis of HCC

2011
Gui et al. [26]
No detailsU6 snRNAs miR-885-5pThe detection and assessment of liver pathologies

2011
Xu et al. [23]
Healthy controls were randomly selected from a database consisting of 2500 individuals based on a physical examinationmiR-181a
and miR-181c
miR-21, miR-122,
and miR-223
Serve as biomarkers for liver injury but not specifically for HCC

2011
Qi et al. [24]
No detailsmiR-16miR-122Serve as biomarkers for liver injury but not specifically for HCC

2012
Liu et al. [20]
Healthy controls are people who underwent routine physical examinations with no underlying liver diseasesmiRNA concentrations were normalised to the total RNA input and expressed as the number of copies per nanogram of RNAmiR-15b and miR-130bServe as biomarkers for HCC diagnosis

2012
Li et al. [21]
Volunteers had not been diagnosed with any types of cancer previously based on self-reportU6 snRNAs miR-18aServe as biomarkers for HCC diagnosis

2011 
Zhou et al. [22]
No detailsmiR-1228miR-122, miR-192,
miR-21, miR-223,
miR-26a, miR-27a,
and miR-801
Serve as biomarkers for early-stage HCC diagnosis

2013
Lu et al. [19]
No detailsU6 snRNAs miR-129-2Serve as biomarkers for early-stage HCC diagnosis

2013
Wei et al. [18]
No detailsU6 snRNAs miR-132miR-132 may be a promising biochemical marker and may have therapeutic applications in HBV-related HCC

2013
Zheng et al. [17]
No detailsU6 snRNAsmiR-17-5pServe as a noninvasive biomarker for the prognostic prediction of HCC patients.

snRNAs, small nuclear RNAs; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.