The expression level and clinical significance of Galectin-3 and miRNA-21 in non-small-cell lung carcinoma / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the expression level and clinical significance of Galectin-3 and miRNA-21 in non-small-cell lung carcinoma(NSCLC).Methods One hundred and fifty patients with NSCLC were chosen as cancer group,and 1 50 patients with benign pulmonary diseases were chosen as control group.The expression level of Galectin-3 and that of miRNA-21 between two groups were compared,and the relevance between expression level of Galectin-3 and that of miRNA-21 and clinical feature were analysed.Results In cancer group,the expression level of Galectin-3 was 6.75±2.38,and that of control group was 1.12 ±0.29;the expression level of miRNA-21 was 5.91 ± 1.59,and that of control group was 0.97 ± 0.1 7,and the difference between two groups had statistical significance(P 0.05 ).Conclusion The expression level of Galectin-3 and that of miRNA-21 can be applied in the diagnosis and prognosis of non-small-cell lung carcinoma.