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Table 1 Some EV applications in diagnosis

From: Methods to isolate extracellular vesicles for diagnosis

Disease

Biospecimen

Isolation method

Biomarker

Reference

Breast cancer

Serum

Ultracentrifugation

EpCAM

[54]

Acute kidney injury (AKI)

Urine

Differential centrifugation

Fetuin-A

[33]

Ovarian cancer

Serum

Density gradient centrifugation

OVCAR-3 and IGROVI

[55]

Lung cancer

Plasma

Immunoaffinity

EGFR level

[65]

Ovarian cancer

Serum

Modified magnetic activated cell sorting procedure

Overexpressed specific miRNAs

[30]

Prostate cancer

Urine

Ultrafiltration

PCA3 and TMPRSS2-ETG

[53]

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)

Urine

Ultrafiltration

Podocalyxin-like protein 1 (PODXL)

[34]

Ovarian adenoma

Serum

Size exclusion chromatography

EGFRvIII

[77]

Prostate cancer

Urine

Polymer precipitation

Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)

[85]

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS)

Serum

Polymer precipitation

Polygenic immunoglobulin receptors, cystatin C(cycteine proteinase) and C5a

[81]

Ovarian adenoma

Serum

Size exclusion chromatography

EGFRvIII

[77]

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

Serum

Microfluidics

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH-1)

[90]

Melanoma cancer

Blood

Microfluidics

MelanA

[33]