Research Article

Mass Spectrometry-Based Comprehensive Analysis of Pancreatic Cyst Fluids

Table 2

Number of peptides detected in individual samples in the degradome dataset (<5 kDa aspirated fraction). Numbers of proteins from which these peptides originate are indicated in parentheses.

Cyst typePeptides (proteins)Peptides unique for group

CA3224 (463)660 (267)

SCN2724 (353)302 (128)

MCN2175 (334)117 (73)

IPMN3072 (419)226 (142)

PC4730 (528)982 (326)

Total6996 (657)2287 (494)

CA, carcinoma; SCN, serous cystic neoplasm; MCN, mucinous cystic neoplasm; IPMN, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; PC, pseudocyst.