Review Article

MicroRNA as a Novel Modulator in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma

Table 2

Antecedent studies identified microRNA expression level change in head and neck cancer.

miRNAUp-regulatedDown-regulatedStudy groups/methodsReferences

let7i; 15a; 15b; 17a; 18; 18a; 18b; pre 21; 21; 21-17p; 24-1p; 98; 99b; 104; 126; 130b; 137; 140; 142-3p; 146; 146b; 151; 152; 155; 181b; 181d; 184; 188; 192; 193b; 199b-2p; pre-205; 213; 301; 325; 333; 337; 338; 374; 455; 491v [61, 102, 113115, 161167]

let-a family; let-7 family; let7a; 10b; 20b; 23 family; 27 family; 30; 34 family; 34c; 93-7p; 99a; 100; 107; 125; 125a; 127; 144; 154; 195; 200 family; 200a; 291-3p; 368; 370; 378; 422 family; 494v [61, 102, 113, 114, 119, 162, 164168]

9v13 NPC/real time-PCR[162]
v18 OC cell lines/real-time-PCR[164]

16v9 HNSCC cell lines/Microarray [113]
v31 NPC/real time-PCR [166]

17v13 NPC/real time-PCR[162]
v31 NPC/real time-PCR [166]

23bv104 HNSCC/Microarray and real time-PCR [102]
v5 SCC/real time-PCR [165]

29cv4 HNSCC/Microarray [114]
v31 NPC/real time-PCR [166]

31v18 OC cell lines/real time-PCR[164]
v13 NPC/real time-PCR[162]

34bv5 SCC/real time-PCR [165]
v13 NPC/real time-PCR [162, 166]

31 NPC/real time-PCR
138v13 NPC/real time-PCR[162]
v4 OSCC/real time-PCR[61]

221v99 HNSCC and 14 normal/Microarray and real time-PCR [115, 165]
5 SCC/real time-PCR
v31 NPC/real time-PCR [166]

340v18 OC cell lines/real time-PCR[164]
v9 HNSCC cell lines/Microarray [113]

375v169 HNSCC/real time-PCR[161]
v99 HNSCC and 14 normal/Microarray and real time-PCR [115, 167]

16 pleomorphic adenoma/Microarray and real time-PCR
449v16 pleomorphic adenoma/Microarray and real time-PCR [167]
v9 HNSCC cell lines/Microarray [113]

MiRNA: microRNA; NPC: nasopharyngeal carcinoma; OC: oral cancer; HNSCC: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma.