title: A new tumour associated antigen of non-small cell lung cancer: tumour liberated proteins (TLP)--a possible new tumor marker.
abstract: TLP (Tumour Liberated Proteins) is a 214 kDa protein, isolated from lung cancer tissue and synthetic nonapeptide CSH-275 is a major epitope identified on a 100 kDa TLP fragment and used to create antibodies in rabbit (antiserum termed CSH-419). CSH-419 antiserum, labelled or conjugated as necessary, was used to detect TLP on sera from NSCLC patients by a new ELISA test set up as a 1 step sandwich format test. This ELISA was performed on sera from 534 individuals. TLP was detected in 53.1% of NSCLC patients, with a 0% response in patients with cancers other than NSCLC, 7.6% response in unknown blood donors, and 17.4% response in patients with chronic lung diseases correlated with an elevated risk for lung cancer. TLP was particularly present in early stages of disease: 75% in stage I, 56% in stage II and III and 45% in stage IV. The presence of TLP antigen in sera from NSCLC patients indicates that TLP could represent an useful tumour marker.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garaci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinibaldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rasi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011817:Rabbits; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor