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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Prognostic Value of Circulating IGFBP2 and Related Autoantibodies in Children with Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcomas.

Elena Poli, Angelica Zin, Manuela Cattelan, Lucia Tombolan, Ilaria Zanetti, Angela Scagnellato, Paolo Bonvini, Gianni Bisogno

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elena PoliDepartment of Woman's and Children's Health, Hematology and Oncology Unit, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 3, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Angelica ZinInstitute of Pediatric Research (IRP), Fondazione Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti, 4F, 35127 Padua, Italy.
Manuela CattelanDepartment of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua, via Cesare Battisti, 241, 35121 Padua, Italy.
Lucia TombolanDepartment of Woman's and Children's Health, Hematology and Oncology Unit, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 3, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Ilaria ZanettiDepartment of Woman's and Children's Health, Hematology and Oncology Unit, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 3, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Angela ScagnellatoDepartment of Woman's and Children's Health, Hematology and Oncology Unit, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 3, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Paolo BonviniInstitute of Pediatric Research (IRP), Fondazione Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti, 4F, 35127 Padua, Italy.
Gianni BisognoDepartment of Woman's and Children's Health, Hematology and Oncology Unit, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 3, 35128 Padua, Italy.
University of Padua · ITCittà della Speranza Foundation · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) is a tumor-associated protein measurable in patients' biopsies and blood samples. Increased IGFBP2 expression correlates with tumor severity in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). Thus, we examined the plasmatic IGFBP2 levels in 114 RMS patients and 15 healthy controls by ELISA assay in order to evaluate its value as a plasma biomarker for RMS. Additionally, we looked for the presence of a humoral response against IGBFP2 protein measurable by the production of anti-IGFBP2 autoantibodies. We demonstrated that both circulating IGFBP2 protein and autoantibodies were significantly higher in RMS patients with respect to controls and their combination showed a better discriminative capacity. IGFBP2 protein identified metastatic patients with worse event-free survival, whereas both IGFBP2 and anti-IGFBP2 antibodies negatively correlated with overall survival. Our study suggests that IGFBP2 and anti-IGFBP2 antibodies are useful for diagnostic and prognostic purposes, mainly as independent negative prognostic markers in metastatic patients. This is the first study that reports a specific humoral response in RMS plasma samples and proves the value of blood-based biomarkers in improving risk assessment and outcome of metastatic RMS patients.

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diagnostic and prognostic factorsIGFBP2metastatic tumorspediatric soft tissue sarcomasplasmatic biomarkersrhabdomyosarcomatumor-associated antigenstumor-associated autoantibodies

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PMID32093404
PMCPMC7168276
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