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Table 1 Biomarkers identified by proteomics technologies in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

From: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: molecular biomarker discovery and progress

Technology

Primary use

Biomarker

Two-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Diagnosis

Fibronectin, Mac-2 binding protein, Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1

 

Signaling target

Annexin A2, Heat shock protein 27, Stathmin, Annexin I, Basic transcription factor 3, Porin

 

Treatment response monitoring

Ceruloplasmin

Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry

Diagnosis

Inter-α-trypsin inhibitor precursor

 

Treatment response monitoring

Platelet factor-4

 

Prognosis

Serum amyloid A