• 제목/요약/키워드: Tumor markers

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Proteomic Profiling of Serum from Stage I Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

  • Li, Xin-Ju;Wu, Qi-Fei;He, Da-Lin;Fu, Jun-Ke;Jin, Xin
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제14권4호
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    • pp.2273-2276
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    • 2013
  • Objectives: This study employed proteomic profiling to identify specific tumor markers that might improve early diagnosis of lung squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: Serum samples were isolated from 30 patients with stage I lung squamous cell carcinoma and 30 age-and gender-matched healthy controls, and proteomic profiles were obtained by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. Results: Three highly expressed potential tumor markers were identified in the sera of stage I lung squamous cell carcinoma patients, with molecular weights of 3261.69, 3192.07, and 2556.92 Da. One protein peak with molecular weight 3261.69 Da was chosen as the candidate biomarker and identified as a fibrinogen alpha chain through a search of the IPI, NCBI or SWISS-PROT protein databases. Conclusion: As a potential tumor biomarker, fibrinogen alpha chain may be applicable for the early diagnosis and prognosis of lung squamous cell carcinoma patients.

Modulating Effect of Lupeol on the Expression Pattern of Apoptotic Markers in 7, 12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene Induced Oral Carcinogenesis

  • Manoharan, S.;Palanimuthu, D.;Baskaran, N.;Silvan, S.
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제13권11호
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    • pp.5753-5757
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    • 2012
  • Apoptosis, also known as cell suicide or programmed cell death, removes unwanted and genetically damaged cells from the body. Evasion of apoptosis is one of the major characteristic features of rapidly proliferating tumor cells. Chemopreventive agents inhibit or suppress tumor formation through apoptotic induction in target tissues. The aim of the present study was to investigate the pro-apoptotic potential of lupeol during 7,12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene (DMBA) induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis. Topical application of 0.5% DMBA three times a week for 14 weeks in the buccal pouches of golden Syrian hamsters resulted in oral squamous cell carcinoma. The expression pattern of apoptotic markers was analyzed using immunohistochemistry (p53, Bcl-2, Bax) and ELISA reader (caspase 3 and 9). In the present study, 100% tumor formation with defects in apoptotic markerexpression pattern was noticed in hamsters treated with DMBA alone. Oral administration of lupeol at a dose of 50mg/kg bw completely prevented the formation oral tumors as well as decreased the expression p53 and Bcl-2, while increasing the expression of Bax and the activities of caspase 3 and 9. The present study thus indicated that lupeol might inhibit DMBA-induced oral tumor formation through its pro-apoptotic potential in golden Syrian hamsters.

Common plasma protein marker LCAT in aggressive human breast cancer and canine mammary tumor

  • Park, Hyoung-Min;Kim, HuiSu;Kim, Dong Wook;Yoon, Jong-Hyuk;Kim, Byung-Gyu;Cho, Je-Yoel
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제53권12호
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    • pp.664-669
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    • 2020
  • Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers. Although biomarkers are continuously being discovered, few specific markers, rather than classification markers, representing the aggressiveness and invasiveness of breast cancer are known. In this study, we used samples from canine mammary tumors in a comparative approach. We subjected 36 fractions of both canine normal and mammary tumor plasmas to high-performance quantitative proteomics analysis. Among the identified proteins, LCAT was selectively expressed in mixed tumor samples. With further MRM and Western blot validation, we discovered that the LCAT protein is an indicator of aggressive mammary tumors, an advanced stage of cancer, possibly highly metastatic. Interestingly, we also found that LCAT is overexpressed in high-grade and lymph-node-positive breast cancer in silico data. We also demonstrated that LCAT is highly expressed in the sera of advanced-stage human breast cancers within the same classification. In conclusion, we identified a possible common plasma protein biomarker, LCAT, that is highly expressed in aggressive human breast cancer and canine mammary tumor.

Value of Combined Detection of Serum CEA, CA72-4, CA19-9 and TSGF in the Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer

  • Yin, Li-Kui;Sun, Xue-Qing;Mou, Dong-Zhen
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제16권9호
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    • pp.3867-3870
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    • 2015
  • Background: To explore whether combined detection of serum tumor markers (CEA, CA72-4, CA19-9 and TSGF) improve the sensitivity and accuracy in the diagnosis of gastric cancer (GC). Materials and Methods: An automatic chemiluminescence immune analyzer with matched kits were used to determine the levels of serum CEA, CA72-4, CA19-9 and TSGF in 45 patients with gastric cancer (GC group), 40 patients with gastric benign diseases (GBD group) hospitalized in the same period and 30 healthy people undergoing a physical examination. The values of those 4 tumor markers in the diagnosis of gastric cancer was analyzed. Results: The levels of serum CEA, CA72-4, CA19-9 and TSGF of the GC group were higher than those of the GBD group and healthy examined people and the differences were significant (P<0.001). The area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for single detection of CEA, CA72-4, CA19-9 and TSGF in the diagnosis of GC was 0.833, 0.805, 0.810 and 0.839, respectively. The optimal cutoff values for these 4 indices were 2.36 ng/mL, 3.06 U/mL, 5.72 U/mL and 60.7 U/mL, respectively. With combined detection of tumor markers, the diagnostic power of those 4 indices was best, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.913 (95%CI 0.866~0.985), a sensitivity of 88.9% and a diagnostic accuracy of 90.4%. Conclusions: Combined detection of serum CEA, CA72-4, CA19-9 and TSGF increases the sensitivity and accuracy in diagnosis of GC, so it can be regarded as the important means for early diagnosis.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Texture Analysis of Preoperative Computed Tomography Images Can Provide Markers of Tumor Grade and Disease-Free Survival

  • Jiseon Oh;Jeong Min Lee;Junghoan Park;Ijin Joo;Jeong Hee Yoon;Dong Ho Lee;Balaji Ganeshan;Joon Koo Han
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.569-579
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    • 2019
  • Objective: To investigate the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) texture analysis (CTTA) in estimating histologic tumor grade and in predicting disease-free survival (DFS) after surgical resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and Methods: Eighty-one patients with a single HCC who had undergone quadriphasic liver CT followed by surgical resection were enrolled. Texture analysis of tumors on preoperative CT images was performed using commercially available software. The mean, mean of positive pixels (MPP), entropy, kurtosis, skewness, and standard deviation (SD) of the pixel distribution histogram were derived with and without filtration. The texture features were then compared between groups classified according to histologic grade. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards analyses were performed to determine the relationship between texture features and DFS. Results: SD and MPP quantified from fine to coarse textures on arterial-phase CT images showed significant positive associations with the histologic grade of HCC (p < 0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis identified most CT texture features across the different filters from fine to coarse texture scales as significant univariate markers of DFS. Cox proportional hazards analysis identified skewness on arterial-phase images (fine texture scale, spatial scaling factor [SSF] 2.0, p < 0.001; medium texture scale, SSF 3.0, p < 0.001), tumor size (p = 0.001), microscopic vascular invasion (p = 0.034), rim arterial enhancement (p = 0.024), and peritumoral parenchymal enhancement (p = 0.010) as independent predictors of DFS. Conclusion: CTTA was demonstrated to provide texture features significantly correlated with higher tumor grade as well as predictive markers of DFS after surgical resection of HCCs in addition to other valuable imaging and clinico-pathologic parameters.

Progression of NETs Correlating with Tumor-Related Diseases

  • Zhang, Le-Meng;Chen, Jian-Hua
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제16권17호
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    • pp.7431-7434
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    • 2015
  • As an important component of innate immune system, neutrophil has been involved in many other physiological processes, including tumor-related diseases. In 2004, the phenomenon of NETs was reported for the first time. Extracellular decondensed chromatin, released from activated neutrophils, forms a network structure, which is NETs. This review focuses on the function of NETs in tumor cell proliferation, metastasis, and tumor-associated thrombosis; it also explores the application of NETs specific markers in the diagnosis of pre-thrombotic state and tumor associated diseases; it also explores NETs inhibitor for the treatment of tumor-related diseases. In view of the rapid development of NETs, it may provide new therapeutic targets for tumor-associated thrombosis, and even tumor itself.

Combined Detection of CEA, CA 19-9, CA 242 and CA 50 in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Resectable Gastric Cancer

  • Tian, Shu-Bo;Yu, Jian-Chun;Kang, Wei-Ming;Ma, Zhi-Qiang;Ye, Xin;Cao, Zhan-Jiang;Yan, Chao
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권15호
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    • pp.6295-6300
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    • 2014
  • Our aim was to investigate the value of combined detection of serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9, CA 242 and CA 50 in diagnosis and assessment of prognosis in consecutive gastric cancer patients. Clinical data including preoperative serum CEA, CA 19-9, CA 242, and CA 50 values and information on clinical pathological factors were collected and analyzed retrospectively. Univariate and multivariate survival analyses were used to explore the relationship between tumor markers and survival. Positive rates of tumor markers CEA, CA 19-9, CA 242 and CA 50 in the diagnosis of gastric cancer were 17.7, 17.1, 20.4 and 13.8%, respectively, and the positive rate for all four markers combined was 36.6%. Patients with elevated preoperative serum concentrations of CEA, CA 19-9, CA 242 and CA 50, had late clinical tumor stage and significantly poorer overall survival. Five-year survival rates in patients with elevated CEA, CA 19-9, CA 242 and CA 50 were 28.1, 25.8, 27.0 and 24.1%, respectively, compared with 55.0, 55.4, 56.4 and 54.5% in patients with these markers at normal levels (p<0.01). In multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses, an elevated CA 242 level was determined to be an independent prognostic marker in gastric cancer patients. Combined detection of four tumor markers increased the positive rate for gastric cancer diagnosis. CA 242 showed higher diagnostic value and CA 50 showed lower diagnostic value. In resectable gastric carcinoma, preoperative CA 242 level was associated with disease stage, and was found to be a significant independent prognostic marker in gastric cancer patients.

위암 환자에서 수술 전 복막전이 예측을 위한 혈청 종양 표지자의 유용성: CA 19-9와 CEA (The Usefulness of Serum Tumor Markers as a Predictor of Peritoneal Metastasis in Patients with Gastric Carcinoma: CA 19-9 and CEA)

  • 정오;주재균;박영규;유성엽;정미란;김호군;김동의;김영진
    • Journal of Gastric Cancer
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.129-135
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    • 2008
  • 목적: 다른 소화기계 악성종양에 비하여 위암에서 종양표지자의 역할은 매우 제한적이다. 여러 연구들에서 종양표지자는 예후 및 재발과 밀접한 연관이 있음이 보고되었으나, 종양표지자를 이용한 수술 전 원격전이 예측의 유용성에 관한 보고는 매우 드물다. 대상 및 방법: 2004년부터 2006년까지 본원에서 위암으로 수술을 시행 받은 환자 중 종양 표지자의 비특이적 증가를 초래하는 요인을 가진 환자를 제외한 788명의 환자를 대상으로 수술 전 CEA, CA 19-9와 임상병리학적 특성간에 상관관계를 분석하였다. 결과: CEA 양성여부는 연령, 성별과 같은 종양과 무관한 비특이적 인자에 의해서도 영향을 받으며, 림프절 전이여부와 독립적인 상관관계가 있었으나 종양의 침윤도와는 상관관계가 없었다. 원격전이의 예측에서 CEA는 복막전이나 혈행성 전이와 유의한 상관관계가 없었다. 이에 비해 CA 19-9는 종양의 침윤도 림프절 전이와 각각 독립적인 상관관계를 보였으며, 원격전이 중 복막 전이여부와 유의한 상관관계를 보였다. 특히, 증가 정도에 따라 CA 19-9가 5배 이상 증가 시에 복막전이에 대한 위험도가 유의하게 증가함을 보였다. 결론: CA 19-9는 측정이 간편하고 용이할 뿐만 아니라, 수술 전 비치유인자인 복막전이를 예측하는데 도움을 줌으로써, 이에 따른 환자의 추가적인 검사를 통하여 적절한 치료 방침을 세우는데 임상적으로 유용한 도구라고 판단된다.

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The expression of Rab5 and its effect on invasion, migration and exosome secretion in triple negative breast cancer

  • Lei Qiao;Chao Dong;Jiaojiao Zhang;Gang Sun
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.157-165
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    • 2023
  • Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer and current therapeutic strategies are limited in their effectiveness. The expressions of Rab5 and the M2 tumor-associated macrophage marker CD163 in tissues were detected by Western blot. The migration and invasion of cells were determined using a Transwell assay. The expressions of the exosome markers were evaluated by Western blot. The polarization of human macrophages (THP-1) was determined by incubation of THP-1 cells with conditioned medium or exosomes collected from MDA-MB-231 cells with indicated transfections or by a coculture system of THP-1 and MDA-MB-231 cells. The M1 and M2 macrophage markers were evaluated by qRT-PCR. The expression of Rab5 in TNBC was significantly higher than that in normal breast tissue. Rab5 expressions in triple-negative and luminal A breast cancer were higher than those in other molecular subtypes. Higher CD163 expression was observed in triple-negative breast cancer and in triple-negative and luminal B subtypes. Rab5 knockdown suppressed but Rab5 overexpression promoted the migration and invasion capacity of MDA-MB-231 cells. The levels of CD63 and CD9 in the medium of Rab5 knockdown cells were lower than those in control cells, whereas higher levels of CD63 and CD9 were observed in Rab5 overexpression cells. Rab5 knockdown decreased the excretion but did not alter the diameter of the exosomes. Knockdown of Rab5 facilitated the anti-tumor polarization of macrophages, which was partially reversed by Rab5 overexpression. Therefore, Rab5 is expected to be a potential therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer.