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ArticleHeliyon2024

Clinical application of serum seven tumour-associated autoantibodies in patients with pulmonary nodules.

Kaiming Hu, Lili Gao, Ruyi Zhang, Meiyi Lu, Dangui Zhou, Siqi Xie, Xinyue Fan, Mei Zhu

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Kaiming HuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Lili GaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Ruyi ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Meiyi LuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Dangui ZhouDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Siqi XieDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Xinyue FanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Mei ZhuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.

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Abstract

Background: The incidence of pulmonary nodules is increasing because of the promotion and popularisation of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for populations with suspected lung cancer. However, a high rate of false positives and concerns regarding the radiation-related cancer risk of repeated CT scanning remain major obstacles to its wide application. This study aimed to investigate the clinical value of seven tumour-associated autoantibodies (7-TAAbs) in the differentiation of malignant pulmonary tumours from benign ones and the early detection of lung cancer in routine clinical practice. Methods: We included 377 patients who underwent both the 7-TAAbs panel test and LDCT screening, and were diagnosed with pulmonary nodules using LDCT. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure the serum levels antibodies for P53, PGP9.5, SOX2, GAGE7, GBU4-5, CAGE, and MAGE-A1. The relationships between the positive rates of the 7-TAAbs and the patient sex, and age, and the number, size, and composition of pulmonary nodules were analysed. We then statistically evaluated the clinical application value. Results: The positive rates of the 7-TAAbs did not correlate with sex, age, number, size, or composition of pulmonary nodules. The serum antibody level of GBU4-5 in patients with pulmonary nodules tended to increase with age; the serum antibody level of SOX2 tended to increase with nodule size and was the highest among patients with mixed ground-glass opacity (mGGO) nodules. The antibody positive rate for CAGE in female patients with pulmonary nodules was significantly higher than that in male patients ( Conclusion: The low positive rates of serum 7-TAAbs in patients with lung cancer and pulmonary nodules may be related to different case selection, population differences, geographical differences, different degrees of progression, and detection methods. The combined detection of 7-TAAbs has some clinical value for screening and early detection of lung cancer.

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Clinical applicationLung cancerPulmonary nodulesTumour-associated autoantibodies

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PMCPMC11098830

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