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2. Abstract PD6-4: Heterogeneity of expression of estrogen receptor by circulating tumor cells suggests diverse mechanisms of resistance to fulvestrant in metastatic breast cancer patients
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Paoletti, C, primary, Muñiz, MC, additional, Aung, K, additional, Larios, J, additional, Thomas, DG, additional, Tokudome, N, additional, Brown, ME, additional, Connelly, MC, additional, Chianese, DA, additional, Schott, AF, additional, Henry, NL, additional, Rae, JM, additional, and Hayes, DF, additional
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- 2013
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3. P4-07-16: Development of Circulating Tumor Cell-Endocrine Therapy Index in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients.
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Paoletti, C, primary, Connelly, MC, additional, Chianese, DA, additional, Brown, ME, additional, Muñiz, MC, additional, Rae, JM, additional, Thomas, DG, additional, and Hayes, DF, additional
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- 2011
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4. Host genetic background regulates the capacity for anti-tumor antibody-dependent phagocytosis.
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Glassbrook JE, Hackett JB, Muñiz MC, Bross M, Dyson G, Movahhedin N, Ullrich A, and Gibson HM
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Background: Antitumor antibody, or targeted immunotherapy, has revolutionized cancer treatment and markedly improved patient outcomes. A prime example is the monoclonal antibody (mAb) trastuzumab, which targets human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). However, like many targeted immunotherapies, only a subset of patients benefit from trastuzumab long-term. In addition to tumor-intrinsic factors, we hypothesize that host genetics may influence subsequent immune activation., Methods: To model the human population, we produced F1 crosses of genetically heterogeneous Diversity Outbred (DO) mice with BALB/c mice (DOCF1). Distinct DOCF1 mice were orthotopically implanted with the BALB/c-syngeneic TUBO mammary tumor line, which expresses the HER2 ortholog rat neu. Treatment with anti-neu mAb clone 7.16.4 began once tumors reached ∼200 mm
3 . Genetic linkage and quantitative trait locus (QTL) effects analyses in R/qtl2 identified loci associated with tumor growth rates. Locus validation was performed with BALB/c F1 crosses with recombinant-inbred Collaborative Cross (CC) strains selected for therapy-associated driver genetics (CCxCF1). The respective roles of natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages were investigated by selective depletion in vivo. Ex vivo macrophage antibody-dependent phagocytosis (ADCP) assays were evaluated by confocal microscopy using 7.16.4-opsonized E2Crimson-expressing TUBO tumor cells., Results: We observed a divergent response to anti-tumor antibody therapy in DOCF1 mice. Genetic linkage analysis detected a locus on chromosome 10 that correlates to a robust response to therapy, which was validated in CCxCF1 models. Single-cell RNA sequencing of tumors from responder and non-responder models identified key differences in tumor immune infiltrate composition, particularly within macrophage (Mφ) subsets. This is further supported by ex vivo analysis showing Mφ ADCP capacity correlates to in vivo treatment outcomes in both DOCF1 and CCxCF1 models., Conclusions: Host genetics play a key regulatory role in targeted immunotherapy outcomes, and putative causal genes are identified in murine chromosome 10 which may govern Mφ function during ADCP.- Published
- 2023
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5. A diversity outbred F1 mouse model identifies host-intrinsic genetic regulators of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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Hackett JB, Glassbrook JE, Muñiz MC, Bross M, Fielder A, Dyson G, Movahhedin N, McCasland J, McCarthy-Leo C, and Gibson HM
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- Animals, Genotype, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Prolactin, Collaborative Cross Mice, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors pharmacology, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors therapeutic use
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have improved outcomes for a variety of malignancies; however, many patients fail to benefit. While tumor-intrinsic mechanisms are likely involved in therapy resistance, it is unclear to what extent host genetic background influences response. To investigate this, we utilized the Diversity Outbred (DO) and Collaborative Cross (CC) mouse models. DO mice are an outbred stock generated by crossbreeding eight inbred founder strains, and CC mice are recombinant inbred mice generated from the same eight founders. We generated 207 DOB6F1 mice representing 48 DO dams and demonstrated that these mice reliably accept the C57BL/6-syngeneic B16F0 tumor and that host genetic background influences response to ICI. Genetic linkage analysis from 142 mice identified multiple regions including one within chromosome 13 that associated with therapeutic response. We utilized 6 CC strains bearing the positive (NZO) or negative (C57BL/6) driver genotype in this locus. We found that 2/3 of predicted responder CCB6F1 crosses show reproducible ICI response. The chromosome 13 locus contains the murine prolactin family, which is a known immunomodulating cytokine associated with various autoimmune disorders. To directly test whether prolactin influences ICI response rates, we implanted inbred C57BL/6 mice with subcutaneous slow-release prolactin pellets to induce mild hyperprolactinemia. Prolactin augmented ICI response against B16F0, with increased CD8 infiltration and 5/8 mice exhibiting slowed tumor growth relative to controls. This study highlights the role of host genetics in ICI response and supports the use of F1 crosses in the DO and CC mouse populations as powerful cancer immunotherapy models., Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)., (© 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.)
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- 2022
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6. Interfacial tension measurements using a new axisymmetric drop/bubble shape technique.
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Cabrerizo-Vilchez MA, Fernández JR, Fernández-Rodríguez MA, García-Río L, Muñiz MC, and Núñez C
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This paper introduces a new mathematical model that is used to compute either the interfacial tension of quiescent axisymmetric pendant/sessile drops and pendant/captive bubbles. This model consists of the Young-Laplace equation, that describes interface shape, together with suitable boundary conditions that guarantee a prescribed volume of drops/bubbles and a fixed position in the capillary. In order to solve the problem numerically, the Young-Laplace equation is discretized by using numerical differentiation and the numerical solutions are obtained applying the well-know Newton method. The paper contains a validation of the new methodology presented for what theoretical bubble/drops are used. Finally, some numerical results are presented for both drops and bubbles of water as well as several surfactant solutions to demonstrate the applicability, versatility and reproducibility of the proposed methodology., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts to declare., (This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.)
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- 2019
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7. Heterogeneous estrogen receptor expression in circulating tumor cells suggests diverse mechanisms of fulvestrant resistance.
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Paoletti C, Larios JM, Muñiz MC, Aung K, Cannell EM, Darga EP, Kidwell KM, Thomas DG, Tokudome N, Brown ME, Connelly MC, Chianese DA, Schott AF, Henry NL, Rae JM, and Hayes DF
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- Aromatase Inhibitors pharmacology, Aromatase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism, Cell Line, Tumor, Estradiol pharmacology, Fulvestrant, Humans, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating drug effects, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating pathology, Treatment Outcome, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm drug effects, Estradiol analogs & derivatives, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating metabolism, Receptors, Estrogen metabolism
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Fulvestrant is a dose dependent selective estrogen receptor (ER) down-regulator (SERD) used in ER-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Nearly all patients develop resistance. We performed molecular analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTC) to gain insight into fulvestrant resistance. Preclinical studies were performed with cultured breast cancer cells spiked into human blood and analyzed on the CellSearch(®) system. Clinical data are limited to a subset of patients with ER-positive MBC from a previously reported pilot trial whose disease was progressing on fulvestrant (N = 7) or aromatase inhibitors (AIs) (N = 10). CTCs were enumerated and phenotyped for ER and B-cell lymphoma (BCL2) using the CellSearch(®) CXC kit. In preclinical modeling, tamoxifen and AIs resulted in stabilized ER expression, whereas fulvestrant eliminated it. Five of seven patients progressing on fulvestrant had ≥5CTC/7.5 ml WB. Two of these five, treated with 500 mg/month fulvestrant, had no detectable CTC-expression of ER and BCL2 (an ER regulated gene). Three patients had heterogeneous CTC-ER and BCL2 expression indicating incomplete degradation of the ER target by fulvestrant. Two of these patients received 250 mg/month whereas the third patient received 500 mg/month fulvestrant. Her cancer harbored a mutation (Y537S) in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1). All seven ER positive patients progressing on AIs had heterogeneous CTC-ER expression. These results suggest heterogeneous mechanisms of resistance to fulvestrant, including insufficient dosage, ESR1 mutation, or conversion to dependence on non-ER pathways. CTC enumeration, phenotyping, and genotyping might identify patients who would benefit from fulvestrant dose escalation versus switching to alternative therapies., (Copyright © 2016 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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8. Competitive counterion complexation allows the true host : guest binding constants from a single titration by ionic receptors.
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Pessêgo M, Basílio N, Muñiz MC, and García-Río L
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Counterion competitive complexation is a background process currently ignored by using ionic hosts. Consequently, guest binding constants are strongly affected by the design of the titration experiments in such a way that the results are dependent on the guest concentration and on the presence of added salts, usually buffers. In the present manuscript we show that these experimental difficulties can be overcome by just considering the counterion competitive complexation. Moreover a single titration allows us to obtain not only the true binding constants but also the stoichiometry of the complex showing the formation of 1 : 1 : 1 (host : guest : counterion) complexes. The detection of high stoichiometry complexes is not restricted to a single titration experiment but also to a displacement assay where both competitive and competitive-cooperative complexation models are taken into consideration.
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- 2016
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9. Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients within a Randomized, Phase II Trial: TBCRC 019.
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Paoletti C, Li Y, Muñiz MC, Kidwell KM, Aung K, Thomas DG, Brown ME, Abramson VG, Irvin WJ Jr, Lin NU, Liu MC, Nanda R, Nangia JR, Storniolo AM, Traina TA, Vaklavas C, Van Poznak CH, Wolff AC, Forero-Torres A, and Hayes DF
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- Adult, Aged, Albumins administration & dosage, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized administration & dosage, Apoptosis, Biomarkers, Tumor, Cell Count, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating metabolism, Paclitaxel administration & dosage, Prognosis, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms mortality, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating pathology, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms pathology
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Purpose: Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are prognostic in metastatic breast cancer (MBC). We tested whether EpCAM-based capture system (CellSearch) is effective in patients with triple-negative (TN) MBC, and whether CTC apoptosis and clustering enhances the prognostic role of CTC., Experimental Design: CTC enumeration and apoptosis were determined using the CXC CellSearch kit at baseline and days 15 and 29 in blood drawn from TN MBC patients who participated in a prospective randomized phase II trial of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel) with or without tigatuzumab. Association between levels of CTC and patient outcomes was assessed using logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier curves, and Cox proportional hazards modeling., Results: Nineteen of 52 (36.5%), 14 of 52 (26.9%), and 13 of 49 (26.5%) patients who were evaluable had elevated CTC (≥5 CTC/7.5 mL whole blood) at baseline and at days 15 and 29, respectively. Patients with elevated versus not elevated CTC at each time point had worse progression-free survival (PFS; P = 0.005, 0.0003, 0.0002, respectively). The odds of clinical benefit response for those who had elevated versus low CTC at baseline and days 15 and 29 were 0.25 (95% CI: 0.08-0.84; P = 0.024), 0.19 (95% CI: 0.05-0.17; P = 0.014), and 0.06 (95% CI: 0.01-0.33; P = 0.001), respectively. There was no apparent prognostic effect comparing CTC apoptosis versus non-apoptosis. Presence of CTC cluster at day 15 and day 29 was associated with shorter PFS., Conclusions: CTC were detected using CellSearch assay in approximately one-third of TN MBC patients. Elevated CTC at baseline and days 15 and 29 were prognostic, and reductions in CTC levels reflected response., (©2015 American Association for Cancer Research.)
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- 2015
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10. Development of circulating tumor cell-endocrine therapy index in patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
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Paoletti C, Muñiz MC, Thomas DG, Griffith KA, Kidwell KM, Tokudome N, Brown ME, Aung K, Miller MC, Blossom DL, Schott AF, Henry NL, Rae JM, Connelly MC, Chianese DA, and Hayes DF
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- Biomarkers, Tumor blood, Biomarkers, Tumor genetics, Breast Neoplasms blood, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Ki-67 Antigen blood, MCF-7 Cells, Neoplasm Metastasis, Prognosis, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 blood, Receptor, ErbB-2 blood, Receptors, Estrogen blood, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Ki-67 Antigen genetics, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating pathology, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 genetics, Receptor, ErbB-2 genetics, Receptors, Estrogen genetics
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Background: Endocrine therapy (ET) fails to induce a response in one half of patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC), and almost all will eventually become refractory to ET. Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are associated with worse prognosis in patients with MBC, but enumeration alone is insufficient to predict the absolute odds of benefit from any therapy, including ET. We developed a multiparameter CTC-Endocrine Therapy Index (CTC-ETI), which we hypothesize may predict resistance to ET in patients with HR-positive MBC., Methods: The CTC-ETI combines enumeration and CTC expression of four markers: estrogen receptor (ER), B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2), Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2), and Ki67. The CellSearch System and reagents were used to capture CTC and measure protein expression by immunofluorescent staining on CTC., Results: The feasibility of determining CTC-ETI was initially established in vitro and then in a prospective single-institution pilot study in patients with MBC. CTC-ETI was successfully determined in 44 of 50 (88%) patients. Eighteen (41%), 9 (20%), and 17 (39%) patients had low, intermediate, and high CTC-ETI scores, respectively. Interobserver concordance of CTC-ETI determination was from 94% to 95% (Kappa statistic, 0.90-0.91). Inter- and cell-to-cell intrapatient heterogeneity of expression of each of the CTC markers was observed. CTC biomarker expression was discordant from both primary and metastatic tissues., Conclusions: CTC expression of ER, BCL-2, HER2, and Ki67 can be reproducibly measured with high analytical validity using the CellSearch System. The clinical implications of CTC-ETI, and of the heterogeneity of CTC biomarker expression, are being evaluated in an ongoing prospective trial., (©2014 American Association for Cancer Research.)
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- 2015
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11. Unveiling the rat urinary proteome with three complementary proteomics approaches.
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Sánchez-Juanes F, Muñiz MC, Raposo C, Rodríguez-Prieto S, Paradela A, Quiros Y, López-Hernández F, González-Buitrago JM, and Ferreira L
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- Animals, Biomarkers chemistry, Chromatography, Liquid methods, Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional methods, Female, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Mass Spectrometry methods, Proteins chemistry, Proteins classification, Proteome chemistry, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Biomarkers urine, Proteinuria urine, Proteome analysis, Proteomics methods
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Urine is a suitable biological fluid to look for markers of physiological and pathological processes, including renal and nonrenal diseases. In addition, it is an optimal body sample for diagnosis, because it is easily obtained without invasive procedures and can be sampled in large quantities at almost any time. Rats are frequently used as a model to study human diseases, and rat urine has been analyzed to search for disease biomarkers. The normal human urinary proteome has been studied extensively, but the normal rat urinary proteome has not been studied in such depth. In light of this, we were prompted to analyze the normal rat urinary proteome using three complementary proteomics platforms: SDS-PAGE separation, followed by LC-ESI-MS/MS; 2DE, followed by MALDI-TOF-TOF and 2D-liquid chromatography-chromatofocusing, followed by LC-ESI-Q-TOF. A total of 366 unique proteins were identified, of which only 5.2% of unique proteins were identified jointly by the three proteomics platforms used. This suggests that simultaneous proteomics techniques provide complementary and nonredundant information. Our analysis affords the most extensive rat urinary protein database currently available and this may be useful in the study of renal physiology and in the search for biomarkers related to renal and nonrenal diseases., (© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
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- 2013
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12. [Identifying bacteria using a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. Comparison with routine methods used in clinical microbiology laboratories].
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Ferreira L, Vega S, Sánchez-Juanes F, González M, Herrero A, Muñiz MC, González-Buitrago JM, and Muñoz JL
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- Bacteriological Techniques methods, Clinical Laboratory Techniques methods, Humans, Bacteria isolation & purification, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
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Introduction: The methods routinely used for bacterial identification in Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, although miniaturized and automated, are still based on the same basic principles as classical identification methods. Nevertheless, technological advances are emerging which could modify these routine methods. We report a comparative study between conventional identification methods and mass spectrometry MALDI-TOF (MS MALDI-TOF) for bacterial identification in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory., Methods: We analysed 294 facultative anaerobic and aerobic isolates (65 Gram positives and 229 Gram negatives), obtained from different clinical samples, using conventional microbiological methods (Wider, Fco. Soria Melguizo, Madrid, Spain; Vitek-2, APIStaph, API 20 Strep, API Coryne and API NH, bioMérieux, Marcy L'Etoile, France) and an Autoflex III MS with a MALDI-TOF device (Bruker Daltonics GmbH, Leipzig, Germany). Salmonella isolates were also typed by using specific sera. Isolates identified with a confidence rate <95% were checked by using API systems. Isolates which were not accurately identified by API systems were rejected. MS MALDI-TOF identification is automatically scored by the system software between 1 and 3 points. Isolates with scores <1.5 were classified as unreliable. Correlation between both identifications was classified as correlation at the species level, at the genus level or no correlation., Results: Correlation at the species level in Gram positives was 100%. Correlation in Gram negatives was 87.7% at the species level and 97.7% at the genus level. There was no correlation in 2.2% of Gram negatives studied. Identification failures occurred in the genera Raoultella and Acinetobacter, in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and in Francisella tularensis., Conclusion: Bacterial clinical isolates identification obtained by MS MALDI-TOF shows excellent correlation with identification obtained by conventional microbiological methods. Moreover, MS MALDI-TOF allows the identification of bacteria from colonies grown on agar culture plates in just a few minutes, with a very simple methodology and hardly any consumable costs, although the financial costs of purchasing the device can be high., (Copyright © 2009 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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13. [Clinical proteomics and new biomarkers in biological fluids].
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González-Buitrago JM, Ferreira L, and Muñiz MC
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- Amniotic Fluid metabolism, Autoantibodies analysis, Blood Protein Electrophoresis, Female, Humans, Kidney Diseases diagnosis, Kidney Diseases metabolism, Kidney Diseases urine, Male, Mass Spectrometry, Neoplasms blood, Neoplasms diagnosis, Neoplasms metabolism, Ovarian Neoplasms blood, Ovarian Neoplasms diagnosis, Ovarian Neoplasms immunology, Ovarian Neoplasms metabolism, Prostatic Neoplasms blood, Prostatic Neoplasms diagnosis, Prostatic Neoplasms metabolism, Synovial Fluid metabolism, Biomarkers metabolism, Blood Proteins analysis, Body Fluids metabolism, Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins analysis, Proteinuria diagnosis, Proteome metabolism, Proteomics methods
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Protein analysis in biological fluids has been used for many years for diagnosis and monitoring of diseases. First it was quantification of total protein, afterwards the electrophoretic separation of proteins and later the quantification of specific proteins using immunoassays. These proteins are used as biological markers (biomarkers) of disease. Since a few years, proteomics allows the simultaneous analysis of hundreds of proteins, as well as the analysis of their structural modifications. In this review the current situation of clinical proteomics for the discovery of new biomarkers in biological fluids is presented.
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- 2008
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