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Anti-Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Antibodies and the Detection of Circulating Normal-Like Breast Tumor Cells

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Sieuwerts, Anieta M., Kraan, Jaco, Bolt, Joan, van der Spoel, Petra, Elstrodt, Fons, Schutte, Mieke, Martens, John W. M., Gratama, Jan-Willem, Sleijfer, Stefan, Foekens, John A.·2009·JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Abstract

Identification of specific subtypes of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood of cancer patients can provide information about the biology of metastasis and improve patient management. However, to be effective, the method used to identify circulating tumor cells must detect all tumor cell types. We investigated whether the five subtypes of human breast cancer cells that have been defined by global gene expression profiling-normal-like, basal, HER2-positive, and luminal A and B-were identified by CellSearch, a US Food and Drug Administration-approved test that uses antibodies against the cell surface-expressed epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) to isolate circulating tumor cells. We used global gene expression profiling to determine the subtypes of a well-defined panel of 34 human breast cancer cell lines (15 luminal, nine normal-like, five basal-like, and five Her2-positive). We mixed 50-150 cells from 10 of these cell lines with 7.5 mL of blood from a single healthy human donor, and the mixtures were subjected to the CellSearch test to isolate the breast cancer cells. We found that the CellSearch isolation method, which uses EpCAM on the surface of circulating tumor cells for cell isolation, did not recognize, in particular, normal-like breast cancer cells, which in general have aggressive features. New tests that include antibodies that specifically recognize normal-like breast tumor cells but not cells of hematopoietic origin are needed.

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Sieuwerts, A. M., Kraan, J., Bolt, J., van der Spoel, P., Elstrodt, F., Schutte, M., Martens, J. W. M., Gratama, J.-W., Sleijfer, S., & Foekens, J. A.
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JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Published
2009-01-07
Volume
101
Issue
1
Pages
61-66
ISSN
  • 0027-8874 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2105
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435
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journal article
Language
en
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Sieuwerts, A. M., Kraan, J., Bolt, J., van der Spoel, P., Elstrodt, F., Schutte, M., Martens, J. W. M., Gratama, J.-W., Sleijfer, S., & Foekens, J. A. (2009). Anti-Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Antibodies and the Detection of Circulating Normal-Like Breast Tumor Cells. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djn419

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