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ArticleBiomarker research2025

Development and validation of a predictive model based upon extracellular vesicle-derived transposable elements for non-invasive detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Yueting Liang, Xin Sui, Shuai Li, Haoxin Peng, Wenyi Jiang, Minqi Jia, Shaoran Jiang, Weihu Wang, Huajing Teng

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Yueting Liang *Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Xin Sui *Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Shuai Li *Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Haoxin PengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Wenyi JiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Minqi JiaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Shaoran JiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Weihu WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. wangweihu88@163.com.
Huajing TengDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. hjteng@bjmu.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) is a highly lethal malignancy that leads to patients missing optimal treatment opportunities due to its atypical clinical symptoms and the lack of effective diagnostic biomarkers. To develop a biomarker panel based on extracellular vesicle-derived transposable elements (EV-TEs) for non-invasive detection of PAAD, we analyzed 6.75 Tbp sequencing data of 852 EV-derived transcriptomes from two cohorts, and identified 31 EV-TEs features as the biomarker panel using recursive feature elimination. Predictive model constructed using the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm demonstrated excellent performance for PAAD detection in the training set (AUC: 0.90, 95% CI: 0.86-0.93), the test set (AUC: 0.86, 95% CI: 0.79-0.92) and the independent external validation cohort of blood EV-derived samples (AUC: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.84-0.92). This study presents the first EV-TEs based predictive model for PAAD detection, showcasing the immense potential of these 'junk DNA' as innovative diagnostic biomarker for cancers.

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Diagnostic biomarkerExtracellular vesiclePancreatic adenocarcinomaTransposable element

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PMID40188348
PMCPMC11972517

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