Abstract
Through rapid advancement of genomics by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and proteomics by Mass Spectrometry (MS) technologies and innovative sampling and bioinformatic strategies a new era of personalized medicine is upon us. Secreted proteins play an important role in tumorigenesis through cell growth, migration, invasion, and angiogenesis. As such, the measure of all secreted or shed proteins, referred to as “secretomics”, could be invaluable in terms of identifying early pharmacological or physiological biomarkers associated with cancer diagnosis and progression, of therapeutic response and/or resistance or even in identifying novel druggable protein targets. Most FDA-approved cancer secreted biomarkers are measured by standard immunoassay. There is an emerging rationale that as our understanding of the complexity of tumor biology and microenvironment increases at an accelerated rate, antiquated assays limited to detecting single markers may have narrow applicability and utility in a clinical setting in terms of relevancy to the disease biology and the diversity of a given patient population.
In this chapter, we will describe what secreted proteins are, the secreted protein oncologic landscape, the technology advancements that have facilitated the discovery and detection of the human cancer secretome, and their future contribution to the field of personalized medicine.
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Bowden, M. (2017). The Cancer Secretome. In: Aref, A., Barbie, D. (eds) Ex Vivo Engineering of the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Drug Discovery and Development. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45397-2_6
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