Table 1.

Cancer subtypes that can be distinguished by microRNA profiles.

Cancer type	MicroRNAsa	Ref.
Breast
ER status	miR-26a/b, miR-30 family, miR-29b, miR-155, miR-342, miR-206, miR-191	[38–40, 42]
PR status	let-7c, miR-29b, miR-26a, miR-30 family, miR-520g	[41, 42]
Her2/neu status	miR-520d, miR-181c, miR-302c, miR-376b, miR-30e	[38, 41]
Lung
squamous vs non-squamous cell	miR-205	[33]
small cell vs non-small cell	miR-17-5p, miR-22, miR-24, miR-31	[32]
Gastric
diffuse vs intestinal	miR-29b/c, miR-30 family, miR-135a/b	[35]
Endometrial
endometrioid vs uterine papillary	miR-19a/b, miR-30e-5p, miR-101, miR-452, miR-382, miR-15a, miR-29c	[37]
Renal
clear cell vs papillary	miR-424, miR-203, miR-31, miR-126	[34, 36]
oncocytoma vs chromophobe	miR-200c, miR-139-5p	[36]
Myeloma
with t(14;16)	miR-1, miR-133a	[60]
with t(4;14)	miR-203, miR-155, miR-375	[60]
with t(11;14)	miR-125a, miR-650, miR-184	[60]
Acute myeloid leukemia
with t(15;17)	miR-382, miR-134, miR-376a, miR-127, miR-299-5p, miR-323	[52]
with t(8;21) orf inv(16)	let-7b/c, miR-127	[52]
with NPM1b mutations	miR-10a/b, let-7, miR-29, miR-204, miR-128a, miR-196a/b	[51, 52]
with FLT3 ITD	miR-155	[51, 52, 54]
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
ZAP-70 levels and IgVH status	miR-15a, miR-195, miR-221, miR-155, miR-23b	[50]
Melanoma
with BRAF V600E	miR-193a, miR-338, miR-565	[56]

^aNot all distinguishing microRNAs are represented in this table

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