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. 2021 Oct 12;9(10):1448. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9101448

Table 5.

Summary of potential biomarkers in gastric juice for gastric cancer screening and early diagnosis.

Sample Type Biomarker Patients AUC (95% CI) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Ref.
Gastric Juice Biomarkers
Gastric juice DNA BARHL2 30 patients (10 healthy patients, 10 early GC, and 10 advanced GC) 0.92 90.0 100.0 [99]
Gastric juice miRNA miR-129-1-3p and miR-129-2-3p 141 patients (47 healthy patients, 42 GC patients, 34 gastric ulcer patients, and 18 atrophic gastritis patients) 0.66 68.70 71.90 [100]
Gastric juice miRNA miR-421 141 patients (47 healthy patients, 42 GC patients, 34 gastric ulcer patients, and 18 atrophic gastritis patients) 0.77 (0.68–0.85) 71.40 71.70 [101]
Gastric juice miRNA miR-21 141 patients (47 healthy patients, 42 GC patients, 34 gastric ulcer patients, and 18 atrophic gastritis patients) 0.97 85.70 97.80 [102]
Gastric juice miRNA miR-106a 141 patients (47 healthy patients, 42 GC patients, 34 gastric ulcer patients, and 18 atrophic gastritis patients) 0.87 73.80 89.30 [102]
Gastric juice miRNA miR-133a 204 patients (34 healthy patients, 62 GC patients, 32 atrophic gastritis, 36 gastric ulcer, and 40 superficial gastritis patients) 0.91 (0.86–0.96) 85.90 84.80 [103]
Gastric juice circRNA circ_0014717 122 patients (38 healthy patients, 30 gastric ulcer patients, 15 CAG, and 39 GC patients) - - - [104]
Gastric juice piRNA piR-1245 132 patients (66 healthy patients and 66 GC patients) 0.89 90.90 74.20 [105]
Gastric juice lncRNA RMRP 130 patients (45 healthy patients, 39 GC patients, 30 gastric ulcer patients, and 16 CAG patients) 0.70 56.40 75.40 [107]
Gastric juice lncRNA AA174084 130 patients (45 healthy patients, 39 GC patients, 30 gastric ulcer patients, and 16 CAG patients) 0.85 (0.78–0.92) 46.00 93.00 [106]
Gastric juice lncRNA lncRNA-ABHD11-AS1 39 GC patients, 30 patients with gastric ulcers, 16 patients with atrophic gastritis, and 45 patients with normal mucosa/minimal gastritis 0.65 (0.54–0.77) 41.00 93.40 [108]
Gastric juice Protein GP87 231 patients (80 healthy patients, 82 GC patients, 20 chronic superficial gastritis patients, 14 patients with ulcer, 32 CAG patients, and 3 patients with polyps) - GC: 86.30
CAG: 60.00
- [87]

GC, gastric cancer; CAG, chronic atrophic gastritis; AUC, area under the curve; Ref, reference; -, no data available.