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Table 3 MPs levels in the plasma and body fluids of patients with cancer

From: Circulating microparticles: square the circle

Disease

MPs plasma levels

Reference

Acute myeloid leukemia

Elevated MPs levels; decreased during chemotherapy and increased during remission;elevated CXCR4+- MPs; elevated PMPs and myeloblast-derived MPs

Kalinkovich et al., 2006; Szczepanski et al., 2011; Van Aalderen et al., 2011

Acute lymphoid leukemia

MPs in bone marrow aspirate

Savasan et al., 2004

Acute promyelocytic leukemia

Elevated CD33+TF+ MPs

Ma et al., 2013

B-cell chronic lymphoid leukemia

Elevated MPs levels

Ghosh et al., 2009

Bladder cancer

Elevated MPs containing EGFR-associated proteins

Smalley et al., 2008

Brain cancer

TF+ MPs not elevated

Thaler et al., 2012

Breast cancer (getting endocrine therapy)

Elevated MPs levels;

Liebhardt et al., 2010; Trappenburg et al., 2011

Elevated annexin V+, CEA-, BCRP-, HSP27+ subpopulations of MPs

Breast cancer (metastatic)

Elevated TF+ MPs levels;

Tesselaar et al., 2007; Toth et al., 2008; Liebhardt et al., 2010

Elevated PMPs and annexin V+-MPs; increased annexin V+, CD66+, BCRP1+ and HSP27+ MPs

Colorectal cancer

Elevated TF+ MPs levels

Hron et al., 2007

Gastric cancer

Elevated MPs and PMPs levels

Kim et al., 2003; Baran et al., 2010

Glioblastoma multiforme

Elevated procoagulant MPs

Sartori et al., 2011

Gynecological cancer

MPs levels are not elevated

Zahra et al., 2011

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Elevated MPs levels

Brodsky et al., 2008

Lung cancer

Elevated MPs levels

Kanazawa et al., 2003

Non-small cell lung cancer

Elevated AnnexinV+-MPs

Fleitas et al., 2012

Melanoma

Elevated MPs levels

Lima et al., 2011

Multiple myeloma

Elevated MPs levels

Auwerda et al., 2011

Ovarian cancer

Elevated MPs levels; elevated CD63+ MPs comparing with benign ovarian tumors; Elevated EpCam + MPs in ascites at advanced stage

Ginestra et al., 1999; Taylor et al., 2002; Taylor, Gercel-Taylor, 2008; Rank et al., 2012; Press et al., 2012

Ovarian cancer (ascites)

Elevated epithelial cell adhesion molecule-positive MPs at advanced stages

Press et al., 2012

Pancreas cancer

Elevated TF+ MPs

Thaler et al., 2012

Prostate cancer

Elevated TF+ MPs; elevated MPs levels

Haubold et al., 2009; Coumans et al., 2010

Different tumor types

Elevated procoagulant MPs levels

Manly et al., 2010; Thaler et al., 2011

Cancer with thromboembolic complications

Elevated MPs levels

Zwicker JI et al., 2009

Tumor surgery (tumor mass removal)

MPs decreased

Zwicker et al., 2009; Sartori et al., 2011

  1. *references for Table 3 (Additional file 6).