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Table 4 Studies evaluating NETs biomarkers in cancer-associated thromboembolism

From: Clinical significance of neutrophil extracellular traps biomarkers in thrombosis

First author/year

Study design

Included patients

Groups (No. patients)

Samples processing

NETs biomarkers

Analytical methods for NETs biomarkers

Detailed values

Thålin et al

(2016) [88]

Case–control

Patients with IS

Cancers (n = 8) vs. No cancers (n = 23)

Plasma, 2000 × g, 20 min

H3Cit

ELISA

0.22 vs. 0.07 OD

MPO

ELISA

74.1 vs. 37.8 ng/mL

DNA

PicoGreen fluorimetry

504.0 vs. 407.9 ng/mL

Mauracher et al

(2018) [94]

Cohort

Adult patients with newly diagnosed malignancy or progression of disease after remission

VTE (n = 89) vs. No VTE (n = 857)

Plasma, 3000 × g, 10 min

H3Cit

ELISA

52.4 vs. 24.1 ng/mL

Nucleosomes

ELISA

1.3 vs. 1.2 MoM

DNA

PicoGreen fluorimetry

384.5 vs. 355.8 ng/mL

Bang et al

(2019) [95]

Case–control

Patients with active cancer

Cancer-stroke (n = 38) vs. Stroke-control (n = 40) vs. Cancer-control (n = 27) vs. HC (n = 33)

Plasma, 2000 × g, 15 min

Nucleosomes

ELISA

0.379 vs. 0.189 vs. 0.251 vs. 0.194 OD

DNA

PicoGreen fluorimetry

40.35 vs. 34.38 vs. 34.52 vs. 30.48 mg/mL

Grilz et al

(2019) [96]

Cohort

Adult patients with newly diagnosed malignancy or a progression of disease after complete or partial remission

ATE (n = 22) vs. No ATE (n = 935)

Plasma, 3000 × g, 10 min

H3Cit

ELISA

NA

Nucleosomes

ELISA

NA

DNA

PicoGreen fluorimetry

NA

Guy et al

(2019) [98]

Case–control

Patients with MPN

Thrombosis (n = 16) vs. No thrombosis (n = 15)

Plasma, 2400 × g, 15 min

DNA

PicoGreen fluorimetry

NA

MPO-DNA

ELISA

NA

Seo et al

(2019) [97]

Case–control

Patients with HCC

PVT (n = 77) vs. No PVT (n = 100)

Plasma, 1550 × g, 15 min

DNA-histone

ELISA

159 vs. 83 AU

NE

ELISA

NA

DNA

PicoGreen fluorimetry

142.1 vs. 127.0 ng/mL

  1. Abbreviations: ATE Arterial thromboembolism, AU Absorbance unit, ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, H3Cit Citrullinated histone H3, HC Healthy control, HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma, IS Ischemic stroke, Min Minute, MPN Myeloproliferative neoplasms, MPO Myeloperoxidase, NA Not available, NE Neutrophil elastase, NETs Neutrophil extracellular traps, OD Optical density, PVT Portal vein thrombosis, VTE Venous thromboembolism