Urinary extracellular vesicle N-glycomics identifies diagnostic glycosignatures for bladder cancer.

ABSTRACT: Bladder cancer (BC) is the most common urologic malignancy, facing enormous diagnostic challenges. Urinary extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promising source for developing diagnostic markers for bladder cancer because of the direct contact between urine and bladder. This study pioneers urinary EV N-glycomics for bladder cancer diagnosis. We have generated a comprehensive N-glycome landscape of urinary EVs through high-throughput N-glycome analysis, identifying a total of 252 N-glycans from 333 individuals. In bladder cancer patients, urinary EVs exhibit decreased fucosylation and increased sialylation level. An Eight N-glycan diagnostic model demonstrates strong performance in both validation cohorts, achieving ROC AUC values of 0.88 and 0.86, respectively. Furthermore, this model successf

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889218 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature