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Table 3 Studies on the diagnostic and prognostic values of exosomes

From: Exosomes in the tumor microenvironment of sarcoma: from biological functions to clinical applications

Sarcoma type

Exosome source

Exosomal cargos

Sample source

Clinical application

References

MFS

Serum

miR-1260b

15 patients, 5 non-sarcoma patients, 9 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[67]

DSRCT

Serum

miR-34a-5p, miR-22-3p, miR-324-5p

3 patients, 4 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[74]

OS

Serum

miR-195-3p

25 patients, 10 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[77]

OS

Serum

miRNAs

5 patients

Diagnostic biomarker

[78]

DDLPS

Serum, tissue

miR-1246, -4532, -4454, -619-5p, and -6126

22 OS, 17 DDLPS, 3 EWS patients

Diagnostic biomarker

[79]

SS

Serum

miR-92b-3p

12 SS patients, 12 benign tumor patients, 12 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[80]

RTK

Serum

miR-214-3p

10 patients, 10 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[81]

OS

Serum

Proteins

8 patients, 5 controls with fracture, 5 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[83]

EWS

Serum

CD99/MIC2, NGFR

10 patients, 6 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[84]

GIST

Serum

KIT, SPRY4

9 patients, 9 healthy controls

Diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

[85]

OS

Serum

PD-L1, N-cadherin

70 OS patients, 9 benign tumor patients, 22 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[86]

OS

Serum

Proteins

20 lung metastasis patients, 20 non-metastasis patients, 12 healthy controls

Diagnostic biomarker

[87]

ARMS, SS

Serum

Fusion transcripts

65 ARMS patients, 15 SS patients

Diagnostic biomarker

[89]

OS

Serum, tissue

lncRNA CASC15

Sera from 5 patients and healthy controls; 30 OS specimens, 30 normal bone tissues

Diagnostic biomarker

[90]

OS

Serum

hsa-circ-103801

43 patients, 5 healthy controls

Prognostic biomarker, chemoresistance↑

[91]

OS

Tissue

lncRNA SNHG17

5 pairs of tumor and tumor-free tissues

Prognostic biomarker

[75]

OS

Serum, tissue

miR-25-3p

Sera from 10 patients and 10 healthy controls; 45 biopsy specimens

Prognostic and diagnostic biomarker

[76, 93]

OS

Serum, tissue

SENP1

Sera from 146 patients; 60 pairs of tumor and tumor-free tissues

Prognostic biomarker

[92]

OS

Serum

Alpha-2-macroglobulin, protein S, complement C2

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Prognostic biomarker, chemoresistance↑

[94]

OS

Serum

lncRNA ANCR

10 patients, 10 chemosensitive controls

Prognostic biomarker, chemoresistance↑

[95]

  1. MFS, myxofibrosarcoma; miR, microPNA; DSRCT, Desmoplastic small round cell tumor; OS, osteosarcoma; DDLPS, dedifferentiated liposarcoma; EWS, Ewing’s sarcoma; SS, synovial sarcoma; RTK, rhabdoid tumor of the kidney; NGFR, nerve growth factor receptor; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; KIT, tyrosine kinase receptor; SPRY4, Sprouty homolog 4; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; ARMS, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma; lncRNA, long noncoding RNAs; CASC15, cancer susceptibility 15; hsa, homo sapiens; SNHG17, Small nucleolar RNA host gene 17; SENP1, sentrin SUMO-specific protease 1; ANCR, Angelman syndrome chromosome region