A microfluidic ExoSearch chip for multiplexed exosome detection towards blood-based ovarian cancer diagnosis
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2015-11-20Author
Zhao, Zheng
Yang, Yang
Zeng, Yong
He, Mei
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RSC Publishing
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.
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Tumor-derived circulating exosomes, enriched with a group of tumor antigens, have been recognized as a promising biomarker source for cancer diagnosis via a less invasive procedure. Quantitatively pinpointing exosome tumor markers is appealing, yet challenging. In this study, we developed a simple microfluidic approach (ExoSearch) which provides enriched preparation of blood plasma exosomes for in situ, multiplexed detection using immunomagnetic beads. The ExoSearch chip offers a robust, continuous-flow design for quantitative isolation and release of blood plasma exosomes in a wide range of preparation volumes (10 μL to 10 mL). We employed the ExoSearch chip for blood-based diagnosis of ovarian cancer by multiplexed measurement of three exosomal tumor markers (CA-125, EpCAM, CD24) using a training set of ovarian cancer patient plasma, which showed significant diagnostic power (a.u.c. = 1.0, p = 0.001) and was comparable with the standard Bradford assay. This work provides an essentially needed platform for utilization of exosomes in clinical cancer diagnosis, as well as fundamental exosome research.
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Zeng, Yong, Mei He et al. (2016) A microfluidic ExoSearch chip for multiplexed exosome detection towards blood-based ovarian cancer diagnosis. Lab on a Chip, 16, 489. DOI:10.1039/c5lc01117e
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