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BIOMARKERS IN MEDICINE
Volume 3, Issue 5, Pages 589-604Publisher
FUTURE MEDICINE LTD
DOI: 10.2217/BMM.09.54
Keywords
antibody; biomarker; carcinoma; endosialin; endothelial; pericyte; precursor; sarcoma; stem cell; stroma; target; tumor
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Biomarkers have been the focus of investigations to diagnose disease, track response to therapy and predict prognosis. Meanwhile, the identification of new targets for therapeutic intervention is an ongoing quest in the field of oncology. The recognition of endosialin as an antigen that is selectively overexpressed in human tumor tissues offers new strategies for treating cancer. Not only do the tumor vasculature and stromal compartments upregulate endosialin but, importantly, the malignant cells of sarcomas strongly express endosialin as well. A diagnostic assay that measures the intensity of endosialin expression in malignant tissues would assist in selecting patients that could benefit from an antiendosialin therapy. Thus, endosialin holds potential value both as a therapeutic target and as a biomarker for certain human cancers.
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