Comparative proteomic analysis of secreted proteins from nasopharyngeal carcinoma-associated stromal fibroblasts and normal fibroblasts.

ABSTRACT: Since the concept of the secretome (ensemble of proteins secreted and/or shed from cells) was proposed, it has become an attractive and challenging proteomic technology in recent years. However, secretome analysis still faces some difficulties mainly related to sample collection and preparation. In the present study, we established a reliable method for extracting secreted proteins by ultrafiltration centrifugation and conducting secretomic analysis. Accumulating evidence suggests that carcinoma-associated stromal fibroblasts (CAFs) play an important role in cancer initiation and progression. To investigate the expression patterns of secreted proteins from fibroblasts and to identify the secreted proteins involved in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) carcinogenesis, we conducted comparative s

SUBMITTER: Ge S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3438594 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature