Review Article

Long Noncoding RNAs Act as Novel Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Progress and Prospects

Table 2

Dysregulated lncRNAs in serum of HCC patients.

NameDysregulationSamples (HCC/Control)DescriptionArea under the ROC curveReference

HULCUp30/20Increase with Edmondson grade, detected more frequently in HBV+ HCC patientsNot reported[35]
Up90/77Correlated with tumor size and tumor capsule0.78[36]

Linc00152Up90/77Related to differentiation grade, tumor size, TNM stage and tumor capsule0.85[36]

MALAT1Up88/79Significantly lower in HCC patients with hepatitis B infection and significantly higher in patients with liver damage B or liver cirrhosis0.66[41]

HEIHUp179/179Positively related to TNM stage and the risk of HCC0.681[39]

PVT1Up71/64Associated with clinical parameters including tumor size, BCLC stage and serum bilirubin0.764 (combined with uc002mbe.2)[43]

uc002mbe.2Up71/64Same with PVT10.764 (combined with PVT1)[43]

UCA1Up82/78Associated with HCV-antibodies positive patients and Child-Pugh score0.861[40]

WRAP53Up82/78Same with UCA10.896[40]

uc003wbdUp137/138Also significantly highly expressed in HBV patients0.86[37]

AF085935Up137/138Same with uc003wbd0.96[37]

uc001ncrUp232/452High diagnostic performance in patients with AFP <400 ng/ml and early HCC0.8859[42]

AX800134Up232/452Same with uc001ncr0.9251[42]

RP11-160H22.5Up217/250Decrease after operation0.601[38]

XLOC_014172Up217/250Higher expression in HCC patients with metastasis0.866[38]

LOC149086Up217/250Same with XLOC_0141720.759[38]