Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression of miR-1301 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and analyze its clinical significance. Methods The clinical data, tissue samples and follow-up information of 60 patients who underwent the radical operation of liver cancer in our hospital form January 2011 to January 2014 were collected. Quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to determine the expression of miR-1301 in HCC tissues and adjacent normal tissue. The relationship between the expression of miR-1301 and clinical data and prognosis were analyzed. Results The expression of miR-1301 was decreased in HCC samples compared with the adjacent non-cancer tissues, and significantly correlated with tumor diameter, tumor stage and vascular carcinoma (P < 0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that low miR-1301 expression associated with a declined overall survival (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that the expression of tumor diameter, vascular carcinoma tumor stage and miR-1301 was an independent predictor for overall survival of patients with HCC. Conclusion This study indicates that miR-1301 is downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma tissue and closely related to poorer survival in patients with HCC, which may provide a new prognostic biomarker for HCC patients.