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ArticleProteomics2010

Upregulation of plasma C9 protein in gastric cancer patients.

Poh-Kuan Chong, Huiyin Lee, Marie Chiew Shia Loh, Lee-Yee Choong, Qingsong Lin, Jimmy Bok Yan So, Khong Hee Lim, Ross Andrew Soo, Wei Peng Yong, Siew Pang Chan and 4 more

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Article in Proteomics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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14 authors.

Poh-Kuan ChongCancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Huiyin Lee
Marie Chiew Shia Loh
Lee-Yee Choong
Qingsong Lin
Jimmy Bok Yan So
Khong Hee Lim
Ross Andrew Soo
Wei Peng Yong
Siew Pang Chan
Duane T Smoot
Hassan Ashktorab
Khay Guan Yeoh
Yoon Pin Lim

Funding

STRUCTURAL/FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AMINOGLYCOSIDEG12RR003048 · NCRR · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI SOUTHERLAND, WILLIAM M. · 1985 to 2011
$19.0M
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Current biomarkers used in the clinic do not have sufficient sensitivity for gastric cancer detection. To discover new and better biomarkers, protein profiling on plasma samples from 25 normal, 15 early-stage and 21 late-stage cancer was performed using an iTRAQ-LC-MS/MS approach. The level of C9 protein was found to be significantly higher in gastric cancer compared with normal subjects. Immunoblotting data revealed a congruent trend with iTRAQ results. The discriminatory power of C9 between normal and cancer states was not due to inter-patient variations and was independent from gastritis and Helicobacter pylori status of the patients. C9 overexpression could also be detected in a panel of gastric cancer cell lines and their conditioned media compared with normal cells, implying that higher C9 levels in plasma of cancer patients could be attributed to the presence of gastric tumor. A subsequent blind test study on a total of 119 plasma samples showed that the sensitivity of C9 could be as high as 90% at a specificity of 74%. Hence, C9 is a potentially useful biomarker for gastric cancer detection.

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Up-RegulationAgedBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorComplement C9FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedStomach NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorComplement C9

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PMID20707004
PMCPMC3760195

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