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SUBMITTER: Roman-Canal B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803646 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roman-Canal Berta B Moiola Cristian Pablo CP Gatius Sònia S Bonnin Sarah S Ruiz-Miró Maria M González Esperanza E Ojanguren Amaia A Recuero José Luis JL Gil-Moreno Antonio A Falcón-Pérez Juan M JM Ponomarenko Julia J Porcel José M JM Matias-Guiu Xavier X Colas Eva E
Scientific reports 20191021 1
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women in the world, accounting for the 25% of cancer mortality. Early diagnosis is an unmet clinical issue. In this work, we focused to develop a novel approach to identify highly sensitive and specific biomarkers by investigating the use of extracellular vesicles (EVs) isolated from the pleural lavage, a proximal fluid in lung cancer patients, as a source of potential biomarkers. We isolated EVs by ultracentrifuge method fr ...[more]