Endocrine Abstracts

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-protein encoding RNAs which negatively regulate gene expression. Tissue miRNA profiles may be useful to distinguish benign from malignant lesions. Recently, we have identified in the serum of a retrospective series of patients, with benign nodular goiter (n=80) and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC: n=79), two miRNAs (-190 and -95) that in combination (providing the risk of malignancy defined as pmiRNA) allow the diffe...

Introduction: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, endogenous, non-coding RNAs that act as negative regulators of gene expression. The miRNA expression is impaired in many types of human cancer including thyroid cancer. The tissue profile of miRNAs has been shown to be useful for differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules, however attainment of tissue samples requires an invasive procedure while blood sampling is minimally invasive and easy to obtain. The aim of this study...