Tumor-Educated Platelet miR-18a-3p as a Novel Liquid-Biopsy Biomarker for Early Diagnosis and Chemotherapy Efficacy Monitoring in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

AimsTo evaluate the value of tumor-educated platelet (TEP) miR-18a-3p in the early diagnosis and chemotherapy efficacy monitoring of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).MethodsExpression levels of miR-18a-3p in platelets and plasma were detected by relative quantitative real-time PCR in NPC patients (n=5...

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Main Authors: Kaiyu Sun, Hui Wang, Xianqun Xu, Xiuqi Wei, Jingyu Su, Kaidong Zhu, Junli Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.736412/full