Ana Carvalho

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Lung cancer bronchoalveolar lavage: proteome landscape of extracellular vesicles, a cue to diagnosis

Bronchoalveolar lavage is routinely collected during bronchoscopy for cytology analysis in the diagnostic of lung cancer. Due to low sensitivity of this method, early-stage cancers are undetected, lowering the treatment success. In this study, we analysed extracellular vesicles isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage of lung cancer suspects by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. The protein composition of bronchoalveolar lavage extracellular vesicles of late-stage cancer showed a higher proteome complexity associated with mortality within the two year follow-up period.

Lung cancer bronchoalveolar lavage: proteome landscape of extracellular vesicles, a cue to diagnosis

O lavado broncoalveolar é recolhido através de broncoscopia para análise citológica no diagnóstico de cancro do pulmão. Devido à baixa sensibilidade do método, os tumores em estadio inicial não são detetados, o que diminui o sucesso do tratamento. Neste estudo, analisámos por espectrometria de massa vesículas extracelulares isoladas a partir do lavado broncoalveolar de indivíduos suspeitos de cancro do pulmão.