microRNA profiling of multiple myeloma bone marrow

Bone marrow microenvironment in MM contains a unique miR signature, which is partially present and detectable in the peripheral blood. A subset of miRs (let-7i, miR-106b, miR-15a, and miR16) shows aberrant expression in the precursor lesion of MGUS, while aberrant expression of other miRs (let-7a, miR-15a/b, miR-19b, miR-20a, miR-21, miR-223, and miR-361) is associated with cell proliferation and disease progression. miRNA profiling was performed using Agilent miRNA array platforms with RNAs isolated from the bone marrow supernatant of multiple myeloma.