Role of endoscopic ultrasound in the molecular diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

Table 2 Main studies with expression of miRNA in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration specimens

Ref.	miRNA	FNA	Possible clinical implication
Torrisani et al[58]	Let-7a	X ↓	Diagnosis
Hanoun et al[22]	miR-148b	X ↓	Diagnosis
Szafranska et al[24]
Szafranska et al[24]	miR-196a	X ↑	Diagnosis
Szafranska-Schwarzbach et al[66]
Szafranska et al[24]	miR-217	X ↓	Diagnosis
Szafranska-Schwarzbach et al[66]
Du Rieu et al[55]	miR-21	X ↑	Diagnosis, prognosis, response to treatment
Bloomston et al[63]
Preis et al[67]	miR-10b	X ↑	Prognosis, response to treatment

X ↑: Up regulated; X ↓: Down regulated. FNA: Fine needle aspiration.