Review Article

Exosomes: Novel Biomarkers for Clinical Diagnosis

Table 1

Summary of exosomal proteins for clinical diagnostic applications.

BiofluidDiseaseAssociated proteinsReference

PlasmaChronic hepatitis CCD81[30]
Melanoma CD63, caveolin-1, TYRP2, VLA-4, HSP70, HSP90[31, 32]
Glioblastoma Epidermal growth factor receptor VIII[33]
Prostate cancerSurvivin[34]
Plasma cell dyscrasias c-src[35]

UrineAcute kidney injuryFetuin-A, ATF 3[36, 37]
Liver injuryCD26, CD81, S1c3A1, CD10[38]
Bartter syndrome type 1NKCC2[39]
Bladder cancerEGF, α subunit of Gs, resisitin, retinoic acid-induced protein 3, and so forth.[40]
Prostate cancerPSA, PCA3[41]

Plasma, cell culture medium, and ascitesHuman ovarian cancerL1CAM, CD24, ADAM10, EMMPRIN, claudin[42, 43]