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ReviewExpert review of molecular diagnostics2010

Autoantibodies to tumor-associated antigens as diagnostic biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma and other solid tumors.

Jian-Ying Zhang, Eng M Tan

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Review in Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The role and application prospects of ANXA1 in gastric cancer cells.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  4. Novel combined tumor autoantibody detection in serological diagnosis of gastric cancer.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian-Ying ZhangDepartment of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. jzhang@utep.edu
Eng M Tan
Scripps Research Institute · USThe University of Texas at El Paso · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGY PROJECTG12RR008124 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI WALSH, ELIZABETH J · 1992 to 2011
$20.8M
UTEP SCORE InstrumentationS06GM008012 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI GARZA, KRISTINE M · 1989 to 2010
$15.8M
AUTOANTIBODIES IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMAR01CA056956 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI TAN, ENG M · 1992 to 2005
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA56956NCI NIH HHS R01 CA056956NCRR NIH HHS 5G12RR08124NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR008124NIGMS NIH HHS 2S06GM008012NIGMS NIH HHS S06 GM008012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver cancer, especially hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is one of the most common tumors worldwide. The majority of people with HCC will die within 1 year of its detection. The high case-fatality rate can, in part, be attributed to a lack of diagnostic methods that enable the early detection of liver cancer. Hence, there is a need for further understanding of tumor biology and host response mechanisms so that new diagnostic and therapeutic tools can be developed. There has been a growing interest in using serum anti-tumor-associated antigen (TAA) antibodies as serological cancer biomarkers. This interest stems from the notion that these anti-TAA antibodies are 'sensors' or 'reporters' of molecular events associated with tumorigenesis. The persistence and stability of autoantibodies in the serum of cancer patients is an advantage over other potential markers, including the TAAs themselves, some of which are released by tumors but rapidly degrade or are cleared after circulating in the serum for a limited time. Furthermore, the widespread availability of methods and reagents to detect serum autoantibodies facilitates their characterization in cancer patients and assay development. The hypothesis is that 'customized' TAA arrays constitute promising and powerful tools for enhancing the serological anti-TAA antibody detection of cancer. The present review will focus on the recent advances in our studies primarily associated with the idea and possibility that autoantibodies to TAAs can be used as biomarkers in immunodiagnosis of HCC and other solid tumors.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmAutoantibodiesBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularDisease ProgressionHumansLiver DiseasesLiver NeoplasmsMicroarray AnalysisAntigens, NeoplasmAutoantibodiesBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID20370589
PMCPMC2896686
OpenAlexW2164019499

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