Table 6 Liquid biopsy in digestive system cancers

From: Liquid biopsy in cancer: current status, challenges and future prospects

Cancer

Liquid biomarker

Origin

Tendency

Downstream target

Function

Reference

HCC

miR-221-3p, miR-223-3p, miR-10b5p, miR-21-5p

Plasma exosome

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

108

LG3BP, PIGR

Serum exosome

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

110

ECE1, HOXA1, cle11a, AK055957, PFKP, EMX1 methylation

Plasma

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

112

cfDNA

Plasma

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker,

Efficacy monitoring biomarker

115

CTCs

Peripheral blood

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker,

Tumor recurrence biomarker

114

Mixed CTCs, Mesenchymal CTCs

Peripheral blood

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker,

Disease progression biomarker

116

CCA

microRNA-21, microRNA-221

Plasma

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

122

hTERT, CK19

Peripheral blood

up

 

Prognostic biomarker

123

Osteopontin (OPN)

Serum

down

MMP1, MMP10, CXCR4

Efficacy monitoring biomarker,

Prognostic biomarker

124

MMP-7

Serum

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

127

CYFRA 21-1

Serum

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker,

Disease progression biomarker

129

Osteopontin (OPN)

Serum

up

 

Efficacy monitoring biomarker

130

CTCs

Peripheral blood

up

 

Tumor aggressiveness biomarker,

Prognostic biomarker

131

cfDNA mutation

Bile

up

 

Prognostic biomarker

132

CRC

microRNA-203

Serum exosome

up

M2-TAM

Prognostic biomarker

135

microRNA-21

Plasma exosome

up

 

Tumor recurrence biomarker,

Prognostic biomarker

137

miR-17-5p, miR-92a-3p

Serum exosome

up

 

Early diagnostic biomarker,

Disease progression biomarker

138

miR-25-3p

Serum exosome

up

 

Tumor aggressiveness biomarker

139

miR-196b-5p

Serum exosome

up

STAT3

Efficacy monitoring biomarker

147

miR-301a, miR-23a

Serum exosome

UP

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

140

miR-19a

Serum exosome

up

 

Tumor recurrence biomarker

142

QSOX1

Serum exosome

down

 

Early diagnostic biomarker

145

ctDNA

Plasma

up

 

Efficacy monitoring biomarker

151

ctDNA

Plasma

up

 

Tumor recurrence biomarker,

Prognostic biomarker

152