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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2014

Transcriptional profiling of peripheral blood in pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients identifies diagnostic biomarkers.

Octavio Caba, Jose Prados, Raúl Ortiz, Cristina Jiménez-Luna, Consolación Melguizo, Pablo J Alvarez, Juan R Delgado, Antonio Irigoyen, Ignacio Rojas, Javier Pérez-Florido and 4 more

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Octavio CabaDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ocaba@ujaen.es.
Jose Prados
Raúl Ortiz
Cristina Jiménez-Luna
Consolación Melguizo
Pablo J Alvarez
Juan R Delgado
Antonio Irigoyen
Ignacio Rojas
Javier Pérez-Florido
Carolina Torres
Sonia Perales
Ana Linares
Antonia Aránega

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backgroundPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal malignancy associated with poor survival rates. Fast detection of PDAC appears to be the most relevant strategy to improve the long-term survival of patients.

aimsOur objective was to identify new markers in peripheral blood that differentiates between PDAC patients and healthy controls.

methodsPeripheral blood samples from PDAC patients (n = 18) and controls (n = 18) were analyzed by whole genome cDNA microarray hybridization. The most relevant genes were validated by quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) in the same set of samples. Finally, our gene prediction set was tested in a blinded set of new peripheral blood samples (n = 30).

resultsMicroarray studies identified 87 genes differentially expressed in peripheral blood samples from PDAC patients. Four of these genes were selected for analysis by RT-qPCR, which confirmed the previously observed changes. In our blinded validation study, the combination of CLEC4D and IRAK3 predicted the diagnosis of PDAC with 93 % accuracy, with a sensitivity of 86 % and specificity of 100 %.

conclusionsPeripheral blood gene expression profiling is an useful tool for the diagnosis of PDAC. We present a validated four-gene predictor set (ANKRD22, CLEC4D, VNN1, and IRAK3) that may be useful in PDAC diagnosis.

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TranscriptomeAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMaleMiddle AgedPancreatic NeoplasmsBiomarkers, Tumor

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