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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Development and Validation of a 6-miRNA Prognostic Signature in Spinal Chordoma.

Wei Huang, Yi-Guo Yan, Wen-Jun Wang, Zhi-Hua Ouyang, Xue-Lin Li, Tao-Lan Zhang, Xiao-Bin Wang, Bing Wang, Guo-Hua Lv, Jing Li and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei HuangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Yi-Guo YanDepartment of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Wen-Jun WangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Zhi-Hua OuyangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Xue-Lin LiDepartment of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Tao-Lan ZhangDepartment of Cancer Biology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States.
Xiao-Bin WangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Bing WangDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Guo-Hua LvDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Jing LiDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Ming-Xiang ZouDepartment of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China · CNSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNCentral South University · CNUniversity of South China · CNUniversity of Toledo · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPublished data have suggested a critical role for microRNA (miRNA) expression in chordoma progression. However, most of these studies focus on single miRNA and no multi-miRNA prognostic signature has been currently established for chordoma. In this study, we sought to develop and validate a 6-miRNA risk score (miRscore) model for survival prediction.

methodsMedline, Embase, and Google scholar searches (from inception to July 20, 2018) were conducted to identify candidate miRNAs with prognostic value as per predefined criteria. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to measure miRNA levels in 114 spinal chordoma (54 in the training and 60 in the validation cohort) and 20 control specimens. Subsequently, the miRscore was built based on miRNAs data.

resultsLiterature searches identified six prognostic miRNAs (miR-574-3p, miR-1237-3p, miR-140-3p, miR-1, miR-155, and miR-1290) with differential expression in tumor tissues. Bioinformatical analysis revealed an important regulatory role for miR-574-3p/EGFR signaling in chordoma and showed that the target genes of these prognostic miRNAs were mainly enriched in transcription regulation, protein binding and cancer-related pathways. In both cohorts, the miRscore was associated with surrounding muscle invasion by tumor and/or other aggressive features. The miRscore model well predicted local recurrence-free survival and overall survival, which remained after adjusting for other relevant covariates. Further time-dependent receiver operating characteristics analysis in the two cohorts found that the miRscore classifier had stronger prognostic power than known clinical predictors and improved the ability of Enneking staging to predict outcomes. Importantly, recursive-partitioning analysis of both samples combined separated patients into four prognostically distinct risk subgroups for recurrence and survival (both

conclusionsThese data suggest the miRscore as a useful prognostic stratification tool in spinal chordoma and may represent an important step toward future personalized treatment of patients.

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decision treemiRNAmiRNA risk scoremiRNA signatureprognostic biomarkersspinal chordomasurvival analysis

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