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ArticleCancer management and research2020

Evaluation of Serum Exosomal lncRNAs as Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Suzhen Yan, Lutao Du, Xiumei Jiang, Weili Duan, Juan Li, Yujiao Xie, Yao Zhan, Shujun Zhang, Lili Wang, Shuhai Li and 1 more

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suzhen Yan *Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Lutao Du *Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Xiumei JiangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Weili DuanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-6538-2914
Juan LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yujiao XieDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yao ZhanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Shujun ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Lili WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-7778-0768
Shuhai LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Chuanxin WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3796-6293
Second Hospital of Shandong University · CNQilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExosomal long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recognised as promising stable biomarkers in cancers. The aim of this study was to identify an exosomal lncRNA panel for diagnosis and prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). MATERIALS AND

methodsExosomes were isolated from serum by ExoQuick Solution. To validate the exosomes, exosomal markers and characterization of nanoparticle were performed. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to measure the levels of lncRNAs in exosomes from ESCC patients and healthy subjects. In the training set, exosomal lncRNA profiles from 404 samples were conducted and established new models by multivariate logistic regression. In the validation set, the diagnostic performance of the panel was further validated in 222 additional individuals with a receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis were applied to assess the correlation between lncRNAs and survival rate of ESCC patients.

resultsA 4-lncRNA panel (UCA1, POU3F3, ESCCAL-1 and PEG10) in exosomes for ESCC diagnosis was developed by logistic regression model. The diagnostic accuracy of panel was evaluated with AUC value of 0.844 and 0.853 for training and validation stage, respectively. The corresponding AUCs for patients with TNM stage I-II and III were 0.820 and 0.935, significantly higher than squamous cell carcinoma antigen (

conclusionThese findings suggested that serum exosomal 4-lncRNA panel has considerable value for ESCC diagnosis, and POU3F3 may serve as a novel and independent prognostic predictor in clinical applications.

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biomarkerdiagnosisesophageal squamous cell carcinoma; ESCCexosomelong non-coding RNA; lncRNA

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