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ArticleCancers2020

Systemic Proteome Alterations Linked to Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer in Diabetic Patients.

Hong Peng, Sheng Pan, Yuanqing Yan, Randall E Brand, Gloria M Petersen, Suresh T Chari, Lisa A Lai, Jimmy K Eng, Teresa A Brentnall, Ru Chen

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Hong PengThe Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sheng PanThe Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yuanqing YanDepartment of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0094-7726
Randall E BrandDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Gloria M PetersenDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
Suresh T ChariDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
Lisa A LaiDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, the University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Jimmy K EngProteomics Resource, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6352-6737
Teresa A BrentnallDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, the University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Ru ChenSection of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
University of Washington · USBrown Foundation · USMayo Clinic · USBaylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Early detection of pancreatic cancer in diabeticsR01CA180949 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHEN, RU, PAN, SHENG · 2014 to 2018
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA180949NIH HHS R01CA180949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiabetes is a risk factor associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), and new adult-onset diabetes can be an early sign of pancreatic malignancy. Development of blood-based biomarkers to identify diabetic patients who warrant imaging tests for cancer detection may represent a realistic approach to facilitate earlier diagnosis of PDAC in a risk population.

methodsA spectral library-based proteomic platform was applied to interrogate biomarker candidates in plasma samples from clinically well-defined diabetic cohorts with and without PDAC. Random forest algorithm was used for prediction model building and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was applied to evaluate the prediction probability of potential biomarker panels.

resultsSeveral biomarker panels were cross-validated in the context of detection of PDAC within a diabetic background. In combination with carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), the panel, which consisted of apolipoprotein A-IV (APOA4), monocyte differentiation antigen CD14 (CD14), tetranectin (CLEC3B), gelsolin (GSN), histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG), inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H3 (ITIH3), plasma kallikrein (KLKB1), leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG1), pigment epithelium-derived factor (SERPINF1), plasma protease C1 inhibitor (SERPING1), and metalloproteinase inhibitor 1 (TIMP1), demonstrated an area under curve (AUC) of 0.85 and a two-fold increase in detection accuracy compared to CA19-9 alone. The study further evaluated the correlations of protein candidates and their influences on the performance of biomarker panels.

conclusionsProteomics-based multiplex biomarker panels improved the detection accuracy for diagnosis of early stage PDAC in diabetic patients.

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biomarkerdiabetesmass spectrometrypancreatic cancerpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaplasmaproteomics

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PMID32545216
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