Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
ResearchEvaluation of Serum Glycoprotein Biomarker Candidates for Detection of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Surveillance of Barrett's Esophagus*
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Highlights
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C9, GSN, PON1, and PON3 validated as serum biomarker candidates of EAC.
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Multimarker panel with AUROC of 0.93 to aid current endoscopy surveillance of BE.
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Induction of tissue C9 in BE, dysplastic BE and EAC.
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Alteration of complement pathway glycoproteins during BE-EAC pathogenesis.
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Author contributions: A.K.S., M.A.D., and M.M.H. designed research; A.K.S., C.W., and B.A.S. performed research; A.K.S., G.H., and R.N. analyzed data; A.K.S., G.H., D.C.W., and M.M.H. wrote the paper; G.H., K.-A.L.C., B.A.S., and M.A.D. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; I.B. evaluated and scored immunohistochemistry slides; R.N. patient sample selection for the study; W.A.P., R.V.L., A.P.B., and D.I.W. contributed to sample collection; V.J. contributed to sample collection and selection; D.C.W. contributed to sample collection and selection.
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Grant support: This work was supported by The University of Queensland-Ochsner Seed Fund for Collaborative Research Grant 2014, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science Cancer Bequest Grant 2014, and internal funding support from The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute 2015. PROBE-NET was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence grant (APP1040947). KALC is a recipient of NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1087415). DCW is supported by an NHMRC Research Fellowship (APP1058522). The sponsors had no influence on the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.
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