Review Article

MicroRNAs as Biomarkers in Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 5

Circulating miRNAs as prognostic biomarkers for PTC follow-up.

StudyNumber of casesSamplesmiRNAFindings

Yu et al. [75]9Pre- and postoperative serum (5–15 days)151-5p, 222Decreased after tumor excision
Lee et al. [76]32Pre- and postoperative plasma (2–6 weeks)221, 222, 146bDecreased after tumor excision
Li et al. [79]7Pre- and postoperative plasma (4–7 days)25-3p, 451aDecreased after tumor excision
Samsonov et al. [81]10Pre- and postoperative plasma-derived exosomes (7–10 days)126-3p, 145-5p, 146a-5p, 181a-5p, 206, 21-5p, 221-3p, 223-3p, 31-5pDecreased after tumor excision
Yoruker et al. [83]31Pre- and postoperative serum (5 weeks)221, 222, 151-5p, 31Decreased after tumor excision
Rosignolo et al. [84]44Pre- and postoperative serum (30 days)146a-5p, 221-3p, 222-3p, 146b-5p, 28-3p, 103a-3p, 191-5p, 24-3pDecreased after tumor excision

PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma.