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We measured circulating miRNAs linked to AT alterations and compared their levels between i) gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients and controls, ii) cachectic and non-cachectic cancer patients, and iii) according to adiposity level and its distribution.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients with GI cancer and subjects with benign diseases as controls were considered. Cachexia was assessed and adiposity evaluated by CT-scan for subcutaneous AT area (SAT), visceral AT area and the total AT area (TAT). MiRNAs involved were measured in plasma by RT-qPCR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      37 na\u00efve GI cancer patients and 14 controls were enrolled. Patients with cachexia presented with lower SAT compared to non-cachectic (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). In cancer patients, we found higher levels of miR-26a, miR-128, miR-155 and miR-181a vs. controls (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). Cancer patients with BMI\n                      <jats:inline-formula>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"m1\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                      25 kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      showed higher levels of miR-26a vs. those with BMI\n                      <jats:inline-formula>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"m2\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mo>\u2265<\/mml:mo>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                      25 (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.035). MiR-26a and miR-181a were higher in cachectic and non-cachectic vs. controls (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). Differences between cachectic and controls were confirmed for miR-155 (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001) but not between non-cachectic vs. control (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.072). MiR-155 was higher in cachectic patients with low TAT vs. those without cachexia and high TAT (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.036).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our data confirm a modulation of specific and different miRNAs involved in AT metabolism in cancer and cachexia. MiR-155 levels were higher in patients presenting with cachexia and low adiposity with implications in the pathogenic mechanisms and clinical consequences of GI cancer patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmolb.2024.1449197","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,30]],"date-time":"2024-07-30T00:24:38Z","timestamp":1722299078000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Circulating adipose-tissue miRNAs in gastrointestinal cancer patients and their association with the level and type of adiposity at body composition analysis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Federica","family":"Tambaro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Imbimbo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valentina","family":"Pace","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Ida","family":"Amabile","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Veronica","family":"Rizzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simona","family":"Orlando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giulia","family":"Lauteri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cesarina","family":"Ramaccini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlo","family":"Catalano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Nigri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maurizio","family":"Muscaritoli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessio","family":"Molfino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.1038\/s41408-023-00934-3","article-title":"Muscle and fat composition in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma","volume":"13","author":"Abdallah","year":"2023","journal-title":"Blood Cancer J."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"846","DOI":"10.1038\/s41591-023-02232-8","article-title":"Body composition and lung cancer-associated cachexia in TRACERx","volume":"29","author":"Al-Sawaf","year":"2023","journal-title":"Nat. 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