Sumeng Wang; Ke Zhang; Shanyue Tan; Junyi Xin; Qianyu Yuan; Huanhuan Xu; Xian Xu; Liang Qi; David C. Christiani; Meilin Wang; Lingxiang Liu; Mulong Du · 2021 · Molecular Cancer
Paper
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly because of its high mortality rate in patients who are diagnosed at late stages. Conventional biomarkers originating from blood are widely used for cancer diagnosis, but their low sensitivity and specificity limit their widespread application in cancer screening among the general population. Currently, emerging studies are exploiting novel, highly-accurate biomarkers in human body fluids that are obtainable through minimally invasive techniques, which is defined as liquid biopsy. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a newly discovered class of noncoding RNAs generated mainly by pre-mRNA splicing. Following the rapid development of high-throughput transcriptome analysis techniques, numerous circRNAs have been recognized to exist stably and at high levels in body fluids, including plasma, serum, exosomes, and urine. CircRNA expression patterns exhibit distinctly differences between patients with cancer and healthy controls, suggesting that circRNAs in body fluids potentially represent novel biomarkers for monitoring cancer development and progression. In this study, we summarized the expression of circRNAs in body fluids in a pan-cancer dataset and characterized their clinical applications in liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. In addition, a user-friendly web interface was developed to visualize each circRNA in fluids ( https://mulongdu.shinyapps.io/circrnas_in_fluids/ ).
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This paper reviews the potential of circular RNAs (circRNAs) found in body fluids as novel, highly accurate biomarkers for early cancer detection through liquid biopsies, highlighting their stability, abundance, and distinct expression patterns in cancer patients.
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