Review Article

Circular RNAs in Gastric Cancer: Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets

Table 3

Prognosis-related circRNAs in GC.

circRNAsNumber of patientsSamplesDysregulationCorrelated clinicopathologic featuresClinical valuesRef

hsa_circ_001088249TissuesUpregulatedTNM stage and tumor sizePoor OS[87]
circ-ATAD172TissuesUpregulatedTumor size, invasion, lymphatic metastasis, TNM stagePoor OS[88]
circ-HIPK363TissuesUpregulatedT stage and Ming’s classificationPoor OS[41]
circ-DCAF662TissuesUpregulatedPoor OS[89]
circPVT1187TissuesUpregulatedPoor OS and DFS[43]
circ-OSBPL1070TissuesUpregulatedT stage, TNM stage, and tumor location (cardia GC show higher expression than noncardia GC)Poor OS and DFS[40]
circ-NHSL193TissuesUpregulatedUICC stages, pathological T stages, lymphatic metastasis, distant metastasis, and gradesPoor OS and DFS[45]
circ-NRIP1110TissuesUpregulatedTumor size, lymphatic invasionPoor OS and DFS[36]
circ-LARP4387TissuesDownregulatedTumor size and lymphatic metastasisBetter OS[90]
circ-LMTK2111TissuesDownregulatedTNM stage and lymphatic metastasisBetter OS[91]
circ-PVRL362TissuesDownregulatedTNM stageBetter OS[62]
circ-CCDC948TissuesDownregulatedTumor size, lymph node invasion, and TNM stageBetter OS[116]
Four-circRNA-based classifier125TissuesCirc-101308↑, Circ-104423↓, Circ-104916↓, Circ-100269 ↓Effectively predict the early recurrence of stage III GC. (with HR value and ROC curve were provided)Recurrence-related biomarker[92]