1. Optimization of rVAR2-Based Isolation of Cancer Cells in Blood for Building a Robust Assay for Clinical Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells.
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Sand, Nicolai T., Petersen, Tobias B., Bang-Christensen, Sara R., Ahrens, Theresa D., Løppke, Caroline, Jørgensen, Amalie M., Gustavsson, Tobias, Choudhary, Swati, Theander, Thor G., Salanti, Ali, and Agerbæk, Mette Ø.
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CANCER cells , *BLOOD cells , *CELL separation , *HEMATOLOGIC malignancies , *CHONDROITIN sulfates - Abstract
Early detection and monitoring of cancer progression is key to successful treatment. Therefore, much research is invested in developing technologies, enabling effective and valuable use of non-invasive liquid biopsies. This includes the detection and analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood samples. Recombinant malaria protein VAR2CSA (rVAR2) binds a unique chondroitin sulfate modification present on the vast majority of cancers and thereby holds promise as a near-universal tumor cell-targeting reagent to isolate CTCs from complex blood samples. This study describes a technical approach for optimizing the coupling of rVAR2 to magnetic beads and the development of a CTC isolation platform targeting a range of different cancer cell lines. We investigate both direct and indirect approaches for rVAR2-mediated bead retrieval of cancer cells and conclude that an indirect capture approach is most effective for rVAR2-based cancer cell retrieval. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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