Gabriel, M.T., Calleja, L.R., Chalopin, A. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Circulating Tumor Cells: A Review of Non-EpCAM-Based Approaches for Cell Enrichment and Isolation. Clinical Chemistry, 62 (4). pp. 571-581. ISSN 0009-9147
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are biomarkers for noninvasively measuring the evolution of tumor genotypes during treatment and disease progression. Recent technical progress has made it possible to detect and characterize CTCs at the single-cell level in blood. CONTENT: Most current methods are based on epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) detection, but numerous studies have demonstrated that EpCAM is not a universal marker for CTC detection because it fails to detect both carcinoma cells that undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and CTCs of mesenchymal origin. Moreover, EpCAM expression has been found in patients with benign diseases. A large proportion of the current studies and reviews about CTCs describe EpCAM-based methods, but there is evidence that not all tumor cells can be detected using this marker. Here we describe the most recent EpCAM-independent methods for enriching, isolating, and characterizing CTCs on the basis of physical and biological characteristics and point out the main advantages and disadvantages of these methods. SUMMARY: CTCs offer an opportunity to obtain key biological information required for the development of personalized medicine. However, there is no universal marker of these cells. To strengthen the clinical utility of CTCs, it is important to improve existing technologies and develop new, non-EpCAM-based systems to enrich and isolate CTCs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 American Association for Clinical Chemistry |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) > Division of Genomic Medicine (Sheffield) > Department of Oncology and Metabolism (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2016 11:03 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2016 17:35 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2015.249706 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Association for Clinical Chemistry |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1373/clinchem.2015.249706 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98127 |