Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between serum miR-505, miR-15 and endoscopic activity of ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods 98 patients with UC from May 2020 to May 2022 were selected as the observation group, and 80 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were selected as the control group during the same period. The modified Mayo score was used to evaluate the endoscopic activity in patients with UC, and the relationship among the changes of serum miR-505 and miR-15 levels and the endoscopic activity in patients with UC was analyzed.Results The level of serum miR-505 in observation group was lower than that in control group, while the level of miR-15 in observation group was higher than that in control group (P < 0.05). The level of serum miR-505 in patients with active UC was lower than that in patients with the healing stage, while the level of serum miR-15 in patients with active UC was higher than that in patients with healing stage (P < 0.05). The serum miR-505 level of E3 type was lower than that of E2 type and E1 type, and the serum miR-15 level of E3 type was higher than that of E2 type and E1 type (P < 0.05). The Mayo score of type E3 was higher than that of type E2 and E1 (P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that serum miR-505 was negatively correlated with Mayo score(r = -0.51, P < 0.05), while serum miR-15 was positively correlated with Mayo score (r = 0.54, P < 0.05). Receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC curve) results showed that the cut-off value of miR-505 was 0.93, and the area under the curve (AUC) for evaluating the endoscopic activity of patients with UC was 0.67 (95%CI: 0.659 ~ 0.785), and the sensitivity and specificity were 73.24% and 68.55%, respectively. The cut-off value of miR-15 was 0.85, and the AUC for evaluating the endoscopic activity of patients with UC was 0.69 (95%CI: 0.672 ~ 0.814), and the sensitivity and specificity were 76.38% and 69.72%, respectively. The AUC for the joint evaluation of UC by both was 0.82 (95%CI: 0.809 ~ 0.912), and the sensitivity and specificity were 84.56% and 68.49%, respectively.Conclusion Serum miR-505 levels decrease and serum miR-15 levels increase in UC patients than IBS, and the level is closely related to patients’ pathological conditions and endoscopic activity. Combined detection of serum miR-505 and miR-15 has a good value in evaluating endoscopic activity in UC patients.