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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2014

Endothelial CD276 (B7-H3) expression is increased in human malignancies and distinguishes between normal and tumour-derived circulating endothelial cells.

J Kraan, P van den Broek, C Verhoef, D J Grunhagen, W Taal, J W Gratama, S Sleijfer

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J KraanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
P van den BroekDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
C VerhoefDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
D J GrunhagenDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
W TaalDepartment of Neuro-oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
J W GratamaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
S SleijferDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus MC Cancer Institute · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMature circulating endothelial cells (CEC) are surrogate markers of endothelial damage. CEC measured in patients with advanced cancer are thought not only to derive from damaged normal vasculature (n-CEC), but also from damaged (t-CEC). Therefore, assays that allow the discrimination between these two putative types of CEC are thought to improve the specificity of the enumeration of CEC in cancer.

methodsIdentification of tumour-associated endothelial markers (TEM) by comparing antigen expression on normal vs t-CEC and assess the presence of t-CEC in peripheral blood of cancer patients by incorporating TEM in our novel flow cytometry-based CEC detection assay.

resultsNo difference in antigen expression between normal and malignant endothelial cells (ECs) was found for CD54, CD109, CD137, CD141, CD144 and CXCR7. In contrast, overexpression for CD105, CD146, CD276 and CD309 was observed in tumour ECs compared with normal ECs. CD276 was most differentially expressed and chosen as a marker for further investigation. CD276-expressing CEC were significantly higher in 15 patients with advanced colorectal cancer (median 9 (range 1-293 cell per 4 ml); P<0.005), in 83 patients with a glioblastoma multiforme (median 10 (range 0-804); P<0.0001) and in 14 patients with advanced breast cancer (median 14 (range 0-390) P<0.05) as compared with 24 healthy individuals (median 3 (range 0-11)). Of all patients with malignancies, 58% had CD276(+) CEC counts above the ULN (8 cell per 4 ml).

conclusionsThe present study shows that CD276 can be used to discriminate ECs from malignant tissue from ECs from normal tissue. In addition, CD276(+) CEC do occur in higher frequencies in patients with advanced cancer.

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B7 AntigensBiomarkers, TumorCase-Control StudiesCell DifferentiationEndothelial CellsFlow CytometryHumansImmunophenotypingNeoplasmsNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingB7 AntigensBiomarkers, TumorCD276 protein, human

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PMCPMC4090744
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