Chen,Kelin, Li,Guoge, Kang,Xixiong, Liu,Pinan, Qian,Lingye, Shi,Yijun, Osman,Rasha Alsamani, Yang,Zhijun, Zhang,Guojun, Chen,Kelin, Li,Guoge, Kang,Xixiong, Liu,Pinan, Qian,Lingye, Shi,Yijun, Osman,Rasha Alsamani, Yang,Zhijun, and Zhang,Guojun
Kelin Chen,1â 3,* Guoge Li,1,* Xixiong Kang,1â 3 Pinan Liu,4 Lingye Qian,1 Yijun Shi,1 Rasha Alsamani Osman,1 Zhijun Yang,4 Guojun Zhang1â 3 1Department of Clinical Diagnosis, Laboratory of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Peopleâs Republic of China; 2NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Control of In Vitro Diagnostics, Beijing, China; 3Beijing Engineering Research Center of Immunological Reagents Clinical Research, Beijing, Peopleâs Republic of China; 4Department of Neurosurgery of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Guojun ZhangDepartment of Clinical Diagnosis, Laboratory of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 Nansihuan West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, China, Email guojun.zhang@ccmu.edu.cnZhijun YangDepartment of Neurosurgery of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO. 119 Nansihuan West Road, Fengtai District Beijing, China Email zhijunyang@ccmu.edu.cnPurpose: Assessing the invasiveness of pituitary adenomas (PAs) is critical to making the best surgical and treatment plan. However, it is difficult to determine the invasiveness of pituitary adenomas based on current clinical methods, such as imaging and histological methods. The present article aims to investigate noninvasive methods to discover viable biomarkers for invasive pituitary adenomas and provide a basis for early intervention of pituitary adenomas.Methods: E-cadherin, N-cadherin, Epcam, TGF-β, Smad3, and Smad7 were detected in the tissues and exosomes in 10 cases of invasive PAs and 10 cases of noninvasive PAs by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Western blotting, and immunohistochemical analysis.Results: Compared with that in the noninvasive group, the expression of N-cad in the exosomes of the invasive group was significantly increased, and the expression