Department of Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, People's Republic of China.
Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, People's Republic of China.
J Biomed Nanotechnol. 2021 Jun 1;17(6):1109-1122. doi: 10.1166/jbn.2021.3097.
Sub-solid nodules (SSN) are common radiographic findings. Due to possibility of malignancy, further evaluation is urgentlyneeded for prevention and management of lung cancer (LC). This current study enrolled patients with SSN, including LC, benign nodules (BN), and healthy individuals as a control, to discover small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) as biomarker by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and validation by RT-qPCR. Through cross-scale integration of validated small-molecule and macro-imaging, the prediction model was developed by logistic algorithms and further interpreted into an easy-to-use Nomogram by Cox-proportional hazards modeling. Present study has discovered various sEVs DEMs and sEVs-miR-424-5p that were selected and validated as novel potential biomarkers for cancerous nodule, namely LC. Furthermore, the 10 radiomics signs and 4 clinical features of SSN were merged with sEVs-miR-424-5p and proceeded in multivariate logistic regression analysis to develop the cross-scale integrated modeling, which yielded a significantly higher area under the curve (AUC). Finally, visualization of an easy-to-use nomogram was invented to potentially predict suspected SSN. sEVs-miR-424-5p could be a novel biomarker for distinguishing SSN from LC and BN populations. Its association with cross-scale fusion of radiomics-clinical features will provide great potential to be an errorless prediction of malignant SSN.
亚实性结节(SSN)是常见的影像学表现。由于存在恶性肿瘤的可能性,因此迫切需要进一步评估,以预防和管理肺癌(LC)。本研究纳入了 SSN 患者,包括 LC、良性结节(BN)和健康个体作为对照,通过下一代测序(NGS)发现差异表达微小 RNA(DEM)的小细胞外囊泡(sEVs)作为生物标志物,并通过 RT-qPCR 进行验证。通过验证的小分子和宏观成像的跨尺度整合,通过逻辑算法开发预测模型,并通过 Cox 比例风险建模进一步解释为易于使用的列线图。本研究发现了各种 sEVs DEMs 和 sEVs-miR-424-5p,它们被选择和验证为癌症性结节,即 LC 的新型潜在生物标志物。此外,SSN 的 10 个放射组学特征和 4 个临床特征与 sEVs-miR-424-5p 融合,并进行多变量逻辑回归分析,以开发跨尺度整合模型,从而显著提高了曲线下面积(AUC)。最后,发明了一个易于使用的列线图,以潜在地预测可疑的 SSN。sEVs-miR-424-5p 可能是区分 SSN 与 LC 和 BN 人群的新型生物标志物。它与放射组学-临床特征的跨尺度融合相关联,为恶性 SSN 的准确预测提供了巨大潜力。