Reduced miRNA-218 expression in pancreatic cancer patients as a predictor of poor prognosis
“Reduced miRNA-218 expression in pancreatic cancer patients as a predictor of poor prognosis”, vol. 14, pp. 16372-16378, 2015.
, microRNA-218 (miR-218) is a vertebrate-specific miRNA that plays a crucial role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. This study analyzed the miR-218 expression level and clinical significance in pancreatic cancer. One hundred and seven pairs of pancreatic cancer and adjacent normal tissues were analyzed by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The correlation between miR-218 expression and clinicopathological characters was determined by the two-sample Student t-test.