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ArticleCancer medicine2020

Serum N-Glycome analysis reveals pancreatic cancer disease signatures.

Gerda C M Vreeker, Randa G Hanna-Sawires, Yassene Mohammed, Marco R Bladergroen, Simone Nicolardi, Viktoria Dotz, Jan Nouta, Bert A Bonsing, Wilma E Mesker, Yuri E M van der Burgt and 2 more

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gerda C M VreekerDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3709-929X
Randa G Hanna-SawiresDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Yassene MohammedCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Marco R BladergroenCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Simone NicolardiDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8393-1625
Viktoria DotzCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9888-7409
Jan NoutaCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Bert A BonsingDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Wilma E MeskerDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Yuri E M van der BurgtCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0556-5564
Manfred WuhrerCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0814-4995
Rob A E M TollenaarDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer type with loco-regional spread that makes the tumor surgically unresectable. Novel diagnostic tools are needed to improve detection of PDAC and increase patient survival. In this study we explore serum protein N-glycan profiles from PDAC patients with regard to their applicability to serve as a disease biomarker panel.

methodsTotal serum N-glycome analysis was applied to a discovery set (86 PDAC cases/84 controls) followed by independent validation (26 cases/26 controls) using in-house collected serum specimens. Protein N-glycan profiles were obtained using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry and included linkage-specific sialic acid information. N-glycans were relatively quantified and case-control classification performance was evaluated based on glycosylation traits such as branching, fucosylation, and sialylation.

resultsIn PDAC patients a higher level of branching (OR 6.19, P-value 9.21 × 10

conclusionSerum N-glycome analysis revealed glycosylation differences that allow classification of PDAC patients from healthy controls. It was demonstrated that glycosylation traits rather than single N-glycan structures obtained in this clinical glycomics study can serve as a basis for further development of a blood-based diagnostic test.

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GlycomicsAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCase-Control StudiesChromatography, High Pressure LiquidFemaleGlycoproteinsGlycosylationHumansMaleMass SpectrometryMiddle AgedPancreatic NeoplasmsPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsBiomarkers, TumorGlycoproteinscancer biomarker analysismass spectrometry-based N-glycan profilingN-glycome analysispancreatic cancerserum test

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PMID32898301
PMCPMC7666731
OpenAlexW3084272520

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