MicroRNAs Involvement in Radioresistance of Head and Neck Cancer

Table 1

Expression of radioresistance associated miRNAs in head and neck cancers.

Expression in tumor	miRNA	Carcinoma type	Reference
Upregulated	miR-451	NPC	[5]
	miR-31	OAC	[6, 7]
	miR-150	HNSCC	[8]
	miR-1254	HNSCC	[8]
	miR-16	HNSCC	[8]
	miR-29b	HNSCC	[8]
	miR-196a	HNSCC	[9]
	miR-210	HNSCC	[10]
	miR-1323	NPC	[11]
	miR-34c-5p	NPC	[11]
	miR-371a-5p	NPC	[11]
	miR-205	NPC	[12]
	miR-23a	NPC	[13]
	miR-96	ESCC	[14]
	miR-296-5p	LSCC	[15]
	miR-21	NPC	[16, 17]
Downregulated	miR-324-3p	NPC	[11]
	miR-141	ESCC	[18]
	miR-18b	ESCC	[18]
	miR-301a	ESCC	[18]
	miR-24	LSCC, NPC	[19, 20]
	miR-let 7e	HNSCC	[8]
	miR-4501	NPC	[11]
	miR-93-3p	NPC	[11]
	miR-324-3p	NPC	[21]
	miR-34a	NPC	[22]
	miR-185-3p	NPC	[23]
	miR-381	ESCC	[24]
	miR-125b	OSCC	[25]
	miR-17-5p	OSCC	[26]
	miR-203	LSCC, NPC	[27, 28]

HNSCC: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; NPC: nasopharyngeal carcinoma; OSCC: oral squamous cell carcinoma; OAC: oral adenocarcinoma; LSCC: laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma; ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.