2018
Epithelial membrane protein 2: a novel biomarker for circulating tumor cell recovery in breast cancer
Chen Q, Yao L, Burner D, Minev B, Lu L, Wang M, Ma W. Epithelial membrane protein 2: a novel biomarker for circulating tumor cell recovery in breast cancer. Clinical And Translational Oncology 2018, 21: 433-442. PMID: 30218306, DOI: 10.1007/s12094-018-1941-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial membrane protein-2MDA-MB-231 cellsBreast cancerBreast cancer cellsNovel biomarkersMCF7 cellsCancer cellsAnti-pan cytokeratinPrimary breast cancerBreast cancer patientsMesenchymal transition eventsPatient blood samplesTumor cell recoveryFlow cytometric assayCTC countCancer patientsHealthy donorsBlood samplesMembrane protein 2Cytometric assayTumor cellsEMP2 expressionCancerCell spikingBiomarkers
2015
Circulating tumor cell clusters-associated gene plakoglobin and breast cancer survival
Lu L, Zeng H, Gu X, Ma W. Circulating tumor cell clusters-associated gene plakoglobin and breast cancer survival. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2015, 151: 491-500. PMID: 25957595, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3416-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer survivalCancer survivalBreast cancerTumor cellsDisease-specific deathBreast cancer recurrencePotential prognostic biomarkerBreast cancer metastasisEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionHigh metastatic potentialFurther metastasesPatient survivalCancer recurrencePrognostic biomarkerTherapeutic targetSurvival analysisMetastatic potentialCancer metastasisMajor causeHigh expressionEpithelial cellsCancerRole of plakoglobinDouble-edged functionSurvival