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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Detection of Serum Protein Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatoblastoma.

Wei Zhao, Juan Li, Junjie Zhang, Pengfei Gao, Hang Pei, Lei Wang, Fei Guo, Jiekai Yu, Shu Zheng, Jiaxiang Wang

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei ZhaoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. 13460300188@163.com.
Juan LiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. lijuan19881027@163.com.
Junjie ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. zhangjunjiezzu@126.com.
Pengfei GaoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. gaopengfeizzu@126.com.
Hang PeiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. peihangzzu@163.com.
Lei WangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. wangleizzuff@126.com.
Fei GuoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. guofeizzu@126.com.
Jiekai YuInstitute of Cancer, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310000, China. yujiekaizju@163.com.
Shu ZhengInstitute of Cancer, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310000, China. zhengshuzju@163.com.
Jiaxiang WangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450000, China. wjiaxiang@zzu.edu.cn.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify serum biomarkers for the detection of hepatoblastoma (HB). Serum samples were collected from 71 HB patients (stage I, n = 19; stage II, n = 19, stage III, n = 19; and stage IV, n = 14) and 23 age- and sex-matched healthy children. Differential expression of serum protein markers were screened using surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS), and the target proteins were isolated and purified using HPLC and identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), SEQUEST, and bioinformatics analysis. Differential protein expression was confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent analysis (ELISA). SELDI-TOF-MS screening identified a differentially expressed protein with an m/z of 9348 Da, which was subsequently identified as Apo A-I; its expression was significantly lower in the HB group as compared to the normal control group (1546.67 ± 757.81 vs. 3359.21 ± 999.36, respectively; p < 0.01). Although the expression level decreased with increasing disease stage, pair-wise comparison revealed significant differences in Apo A-I expression between the normal group and the HB subgroups (p < 0.01). ELISA verified the reduced expression of Apo A-I in the HB group. Taken together, these results suggest that Apo A-I may represent a serum protein biomarker of HB. Further studies will assess the value of using Apo A-I expression for HB diagnosis and staging.

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Biomarkers, TumorBlood ProteinsCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHepatoblastomaHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProtein Array AnalysisProteomicsSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationBiomarkers, TumorBlood Proteins2D-LC-LTQ-MSapolipoprotein A–IhepatoblastomMALDI-TOF-MSprotein biomarkerSELDI-TOF-MS

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