Review Article

miR-155 as a Biomarker in B-Cell Malignancies

Table 2

miR-155 as diagnostic biomarker in B-cell malignancies.

DiseaseSample typeCohort Initial miRNA selectionMethodExpressionRef

DLBCLFFPE90 DLBCL cases 
31 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[32]

DLBCLCS75 DLBCL cases
10 controls
TGlobal screeningMicroarray [46]
FFPE47 DLBCL cases
15 controls
VRT-qPCR

DLBCL Blood20 DLBCL cases
20 controls
T Previous research RT-qPCR [37]
75 DLBCL cases
77 controls
V

DLBCL FFPE80 DLBCL cases
12 controls
Global screening Microarray [33]
80 DLBCL cases
18 FL cases
NS

DLBCLFFPE11 PCNSL cases
10 nDLBCL cases
Previous researchRT-qPCR[47]

DLBCL CS, FFPE35 DLBCL cases
12 controls
Global screening RT-qPCR [34]
35 DLBCL cases
27 FL cases
NS

DLBCLCS, FFPE18 DLBCL cases
5 controls
Previous researchRNA-ISH [48]
RT-qPCR

DLBCLCS29 DLBCL cases
12 BL cases
TGlobal screeningMicroarray [38]
FFPE43 DLBCL cases
28 BL cases
VRT-qPCR

DLBCLBlood60 DLBCL cases
43 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[35]

DLBCLFFPE19 DLBCL cases
31 exN DLBCL cases
Previous researchRT-qPCRNS[49]

DLBCLCS22 DLBCL cases
7 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[50]

DLBCLCS79 DLBCL cases
36 BL cases
Global screeningMicroarray[39]

DLBCLCS23 DLBCL cases
2 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[51]

DLBCL FNAB45 DLBCL cases
33 BL cases
Previous research RT-qPCR [40]
45 DLBCL cases
19 DLBCL/BL cases

DLBCLFFPE200 DLBCL cases
11 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[52]

DLBCL CS10 DLBCL EBV− cases
11 DLBCL EBV+ cases
Global screeningSequencing [53]
RT-qPCRNS

DLBCL FFPE58 DLBCL cases
7 controls
Global screening RT-qPCR [36]
58 DLBCL cases
46 FL cases
NS

DLBCL Ocular fluid17 retinal DLBCL cases
12 uveitis cases
Global screeningRT-qPCR[54]

BLCS6 BL
DLBCL (cell line)
Previous researchRT-qPCR[55]

BLFFPE
CS
3 BL cases
2 controls
Previous researchNorthern blot[56]

BLCS11 BL cases
11 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[57]

BLCS12 BL cases
135 other L
Global screeningMicroarray[38]

HL FFPE42 HL cases
8 controls
Global screeningMicroarrayNS [58]
RT-qPCRNS

HLCS25 HL cases
7 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[50]

HLCS, FFPE5 HL cases
5 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCRNS[48]

MALTCS22 MALT cases
46 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[59]

MALT CS4 MALT cases
4 controls
T Global screeningMicroarray [60]
14 MALT cases
14 controls
VRT-qPCR

MALT CS3 MALT cases
3 controls
T Global screeningMicroarray [61]
20 MALT cases
20 controls
VRT-qPCR

FLBM5 FL cases
3 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCRNS[62]

SMZLFFPE15 SMZL cases
11 controls
Global screeningRT-qPCR[63]

SMZLCS31 SMZL cases
15 controls
TGlobal screeningMicroarray [64]
FFPE77 SMZL cases
6 controls
VRT-qPCR

SMZLCS
FFPE
15 SMZL cases
9 controls
Global screeningMicroarray [65]
RT-qPCR

CLLCS70 CLL cases
18 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[66]

CLLBlood6 CLL cases
3 controls
Global screeningMicroarray[67]

CLLBlood7 CLL cases
4 controls
Previous researchNorthern blot[68]

CLLBlood69 CLL cases
15 controls
Global screeningNanostring [69]
RT-qPCR

CLLBlood113 CLL cases
7 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[70]

CLLBlood50 CLL cases
14 controls
Global screening Microarray [71]
RT-qPCR

CLLBlood38 CLL cases
9 controls
Global screeningMicroarray[72]

CLLBlood56 CLL cases
7 controls
Previous researchRT-qPCR[73]

CLLBlood70 CLL cases
8 controls
TPrevious researchRT-qPCR [74]
23 CLL cases
12 controls
VRT-qPCR

Disease: DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; BL, Burkitt’s lymphoma; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; MALT, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; FL, follicular lymphoma; SMZL, splenic marginal zone lymphoma; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Sample type: FFPE, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples; CS, clinical samples; FNABs, fine needle aspirations. Cohort: controls, nonmalignant tissues; PCNSL, primary CNS lymphoma; nDLBCL, nodal DLBCL; exN DLBCL, extranodal DLBCL; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; L, lymphoma; control, adjacent normal tissue, T; training set; V, validation set. Method: RT-qPCR, reverse transcription quantitative PCR; RNA-ISH, RNA in situ hybridization. Expression: ↑, increased; ↓, decreased; NS, not significant. Ref: reference.