MicroRNAs as predictive biomarkers of response to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

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KOVÁČOVÁ Júlia POPRACH A. BUCHLER T. CHO W.C. SLABÝ Ondřej

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory medicine
MU Faculty or unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cclm.2018.56.issue-9/cclm-2017-0861/cclm-2017-0861.xml
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2017-0861
Keywords miRNAs; prediction; renal cell carcinoma; sunitinib; tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Description Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 2%-3% of all malignant tumours. The first-choice treatment in metastatic RCC (mRCC) patients is tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Although TKIs may prolong survival of the treated patients who are not primary resistant, almost all of them will eventually develop secondary resistance to the treatment after a progression-free period. To predict treatment response, thus, we need efficient biomarkers for rational indication of TKIs in mRCC. MicroRNAs (miR-NAs) not only play important roles in the pathogenesis of many cancers, including RCC but also have been shown to serve as promising diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers in various cancers. However, the potential of miRNAs to predict response to therapy with TKIs in mRCC has not yet gained sufficient attention. Because personalisation of the TKIs indication in mRCC presents an important unmet medical need, we summarise research on this topic and give an overall insight on the current knowledge in this field.
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