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Lung Cancer ; 85(2): 197-204, 2014 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24863004

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Thymic epithelial tumors (TET) are the most frequent human primary mediastinal tumors in adults. A deep biological characterization of the processes at the basis of the transformed phenotype could strongly improve our understanding of the morphological and clinical heterogeneity of these diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs involved in post-transcriptional regulation and their altered expression accounts for the pathogenesis of several tumors. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify the miRNAs that are differentially expressed in tumor vs normal thymic tissues or among the different tumor histotypes and that could impact on the biology of TET. MATERIALS AND METHODS: microRNAs expression profiling was performed by microarray analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue from 54 thymic tumor samples and 12 normal counterparts, derived from two patient cohorts. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: We identified groups of miRNAs differentially expressed between: (i) TET and normal thymic tissues, (ii) thymomas and thymic carcinomas, (iii) histotype groups. Moreover, we identified putative molecular pathways targeted by these differentially expressed miRNAs that could be involved in thymic carcinogenesis and in the maintenance and spreading of this tumor.


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Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , MicroRNAs/genetics , Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/genetics , Thymus Neoplasms/genetics , Cluster Analysis , ErbB Receptors/genetics , Humans , Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/pathology , Thymus Gland/metabolism , Thymus Neoplasms/pathology
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