Quantitative dot blot method for measuring EGFR protein levels in patients with colorectal cancer

Ze Li, Na Li, Quanyong Li, Wenlei Xu, Guohua Yu, Wenguo Jiang · 2026

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Six authors present a study dated two thousand twenty-six on measuring a growth receptor's protein level in colon cancer. The receptor, EGFR, sits on cell surfaces, and its amount may predict how well a targeted drug works. The usual staining test is hard to standardize and gives no absolute values.

The team used a quantitative dot blot method on tumor samples from eighty-nine patients whose cancers lacked certain gene changes. Levels ranged widely across patients. A cutoff value, set in advance for the whole group, split the samples for comparison. Forty-seven patients had received the targeted drug, letting the authors relate levels to treatment.

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CREATORZe Li, Na Li, Quanyong Li, Wenlei Xu, Guohua Yu, Wenguo Jiang
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE37 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13562416

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