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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Deciphering the molecular nature of ovarian cancer biomarker CA125 |
Author: | Weiland, F. Martin, K. Oehler, M. Hoffmann, P. |
Citation: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2012; 13(8):10568-10582 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 1661-6596 1422-0067 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Florian Weiland, Karina Martin, Martin K. Oehler and Peter Hoffmann |
Abstract: | The ovarian cancer biomarker CA125 has been extensively investigated over the last 30 years. The knowledge about the exact molecular nature of this protein, however, remains fragmented. This review provides an overview of the structural research regarding CA125, and presents an orthogonal verification method to confirm the identity of this molecule. The need for independent identification of CA125 is exemplified by several reports where mutually exclusive data concerning the existence of isoforms and the glycan moieties is presented. Mass spectrometry can overcome the pitfalls of a single detection/identification method such as antibody probing. Independent verification of CA125 identity in characterization studies will help establish a refined model of its molecular structure that will promote the development of new approaches for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of ovarian cancer. |
Keywords: | CA125 MUC16 ovarian cancer biomarker mass spectrometry |
Rights: | © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms130810568 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms130810568 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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