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Figure Legends
Figure 1. Schematic overview of the study.
Figure 2. Comparison of normalized reads of 3 significantly upregulated small RNAs in the
validation cohort (*p < 0.01).
Figure 3. Comparison of IsomiR abundance in serum from BC patients (n=78) and cancer-free
individuals (n=72). The 5 most abundant forms of miRNA are presented in the Y axis. miR-215p (A), miR-23a-3p (B).
Figure 4. Diagnostic utility of 3 small RNAs for BC detection. Receiver operating characteristic
curve analysis (A), relative levels using small RNAs in BC patients and cancer-free individuals
(N) by BC stage (*p < 0.01) (B), relative levels using small RNAs in BC patients and N by BC
subtype (*p < 0.01) (C), relative levels using small RNAs in BC patients by IHC analysis in
patients with invasive BC (D), and comparison of diagnostic values among serum markers CEA
and CA15-3, and our constructed model (E).
Figure 5. Characterization of EVs isolated with an exosome isolation kit. TEM analysis of EVs
(A). Western blot analysis of exosomal markers CD9 and TSG101 (B). Contribution of
nanoparticles of EVs (C), and total concentration of each EV (D). ApoB as a marker of
lipoproteins by western blotting (E).
Figure 6. Expression of identified small RNAs in EVs derived from serum of 32 BC patients and
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20 cancer-free individuals (N), and from cell culture media of 184-h TERT, MCF7, and MDAMB-231 (*p < 0.01).
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Table 1. Clinicopathological characteristics of participants.
Table 2. Significantly upregulated small RNAs in the serum of BC group compared to N group in both screening and validation phase.
Table 3. Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity for discriminating BC patients from cancer-free individuals.
Figure 1. Schematic overview of the study.
Figure 2. Comparison of normalized reads of 3 significantly upregulated small RNAs in validation cohort (*p < 0.01).
Figure 3. IsomiR abundance in serum compared between BC patients (n=78) and cancer-free individuals (n=72).
The 5 most abundant forms of miRNAs are presented in Y axis.
Figure 4. Diagnostic utility of 3 small RNAs for BC detection. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis (A), relative levels
using small RNAs in BC patients and cancer-free individuals (N) by BC stage (*p < 0.01) (B), relative levels using small RNAs in BC
patients and N by BC subtype (*p < 0.01) (C)
Figure 4. Diagnostic utility of 3 small RNAs for BC detection. relative levels using small RNAs in BC patients by IHC analysis in
patients with invasive BC (D), and comparison of diagnostic values among serum markers CEA and CA15-3, and our constructed
model (E).
Figure 5. Characterization of EVs isolated with an exosome isolation kit. TEM analysis of EVs (A). Western blot analysis of exosomal
markers CD9 and TSG101 (B). Contribution of nanoparticles of EVs (C), and total concentration of each EV (D). ApoB as a marker of
lipoproteins by western blotting (E).
Figure 6. Expression of identified small RNAs in EVs derived from serum of 32 BC patients and 20 cancer-free individuals (N), and
from cell culture media of 184-h TERT, MCF7, and MDA-MB-231 (*p < 0.001, **p < 0.01).
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