- Engineered nanointerfaces for microfluidic isolation and molecular profiling of tumor-specific extracellular vesicles.
Engineered nanointerfaces for microfluidic isolation and molecular profiling of tumor-specific extracellular vesicles.
Nature communications (2018-01-14)
Eduardo Reátegui, Kristan E van der Vos, Charles P Lai, Mahnaz Zeinali, Nadia A Atai, Berent Aldikacti, Frederick P Floyd, Aimal H Khankhel, Vishal Thapar, Fred H Hochberg, Lecia V Sequist, Brian V Nahed, Bob S Carter, Mehmet Toner, Leonora Balaj, David T Ting, Xandra O Breakefield, Shannon L Stott
PMID29330365
ABSTRACT
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry RNA, DNA, proteins, and lipids. Specifically, tumor-derived EVs have the potential to be utilized as disease-specific biomarkers. However, a lack of methods to isolate tumor-specific EVs has limited their use in clinical settings. Here we report a sensitive analytical microfluidic platform (
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