1. Proteomic and functional characterization of intra-tumor heterogeneity in human endometrial cancer.
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Jamaluddin MFB, Ko YA, Ghosh A, Syed SM, Ius Y, O'Sullivan R, Netherton JK, Baker MA, Nahar P, Jaaback K, and Tanwar PS
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- Female, Humans, Organoids pathology, Endometrial Neoplasms drug therapy, Proteomics
- Abstract
Endometrial cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed gynecological cancers worldwide, and its prevalence has increased by more than 50% over the last two decades. Despite the understanding of the major signaling pathways driving the growth and metastasis of endometrial cancer, clinical trials targeting these signals have reported poor outcomes. The heterogeneous nature of endometrial cancer is suspected to be one of the key reasons for the failure of targeted therapies. In this study, we perform a sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra (SWATH)-based comparative proteomic analysis of 63 tumor biopsies collected from 20 patients and define differences in protein signature in multiple regions of the same tumor. We develop organoids from multiple biopsies collected from the same tumor and show that organoids capture heterogeneity in endometrial cancer growth. Overall, using quantitative proteomics and patient-derived organoids, we define the heterogeneous nature of endometrial cancer within a patient's tumor., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The author reports no conflicts of interest in this work., (Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2022
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