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ReviewCancers2020

Size-Exclusion Chromatography as a Technique for the Investigation of Novel Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer.

Daniel S K Liu, Flora M Upton, Eleanor Rees, Christopher Limb, Long R Jiao, Jonathan Krell, Adam E Frampton

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel S K LiuDepartment of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.
Flora M UptonDepartment of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7472-4306
Eleanor ReesDepartment of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.
Christopher LimbHepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgical Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK.
Long R JiaoHepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.
Jonathan KrellDepartment of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.
Adam E FramptonDepartment of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1392-2755
Hammersmith Hospital · GBRoyal Surrey County Hospital · GB

Funding

Royal College of Surgeons in England -
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cells release extracellular vesicles, which are a rich target for biomarker discovery and provide a promising mechanism for liquid biopsy. Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) is an increasingly popular technique, which has been rediscovered for the purposes of extracellular vesicle (EV) isolation and purification from diverse biofluids. A systematic review was undertaken to identify all papers that described size exclusion as their primary EV isolation method in cancer research. In all, 37 papers were identified and discussed, which showcases the breadth of applications in which EVs can be utilised, from proteomics, to RNA, and through to functionality. A range of different methods are highlighted, with Sepharose-based techniques predominating. EVs isolated using SEC are able to identify cancer cells, highlight active pathways in tumourigenesis, clinically distinguish cohorts, and remain functionally active for further experiments.

Indexed as

biomarkerscancerexosomesextracellular vesiclesSECsize-exclusion chromatography

Identifiers

PMID33121160
PMCPMC7693800
OpenAlexW3096642172

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Registered trials

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