Nature Communications (May 2021)

Protein analysis of extracellular vesicles to monitor and predict therapeutic response in metastatic breast cancer

  • Fei Tian,
  • Shaohua Zhang,
  • Chao Liu,
  • Ziwei Han,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Jinqi Deng,
  • Yike Li,
  • Xia Wu,
  • Lili Cai,
  • Lili Qin,
  • Qinghua Chen,
  • Yang Yuan,
  • Yi Liu,
  • Yulong Cong,
  • Baoquan Ding,
  • Zefei Jiang,
  • Jiashu Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22913-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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A thermophoretic aptasensor can be used to profile cancer-associated proteins of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in patients’ plasma. Here, the authors use this technique to develop an EV-signature able to discriminate metastatic breast cancer, monitor treatment response, and predict patients’ progression-free survival.