Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship of miR-144-3p level with clinical pathological features and prognosis in gastric cancer. Methods The specimens of gastric cancer tissues and adjacent tissues from 100 patients with gastric cancer in Yiwu Central Hospital from January 2011 to December 2013 were selected for this study. The level of miR-144-3p in gastric cancer and paracancerous tissues were determined by real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Results The level of miR-144-3p in gastric cancer tissues (0.53±0.12) was lower than that in adjacent tissues (1.00±0.11) (P < 0.05). There were significant differences in miR-144-3p levels of gastric cancer tissues with different TNM stages, lymph node metastasis and differentiation (P < 0.05). There were no significant difference in miR-144-3p levels of gastric cancer tissues with different ages and genders (P > 0.05). The 5-year cumulative survival rate and disease-free survival rate of patients with high miR-144-3p expression were higher than those with low miR-144-3p expression (P < 0.05). The results of Cox multivariate analysis showed that miR-144-3p low expression [Rl ^ R=3.627, (95% CI: 1.514, 8.783)], TNM stage [Rl ^ R=1.627, (95% CI: 1.073, 4.735)], lymph node metastasis [Rl ^ R=4.025, (95% CI: 1.043, 8.931)] and differentiation [Rl ^ R=2.042, (95% CI: 1.098, 6.427)] were independent risk factors for the prognosis of gastric cancer (P < 0.05). Conclusions The level of miR-144-3p is decreased in gastric cancer tissues. The level of miR-144-3p is closely related to the diameter, depth of invasion,TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, differentiation degree and prognosis of gastric cancer.