ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Metabolic “footprints” of the circulating cancer mucins: CA125 in the high-grade ovarian cancer

Chagovets VV1, Vasil'ev VG2, Iurova MV1,3, Khabas GN1, Pavlovich SV1,3, Starodubtseva NL1, Mayboroda OA4,5
About authors

1 Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia

2 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

3 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia

4 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

5 Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Vitaly V. Chagovets
Akademika Oparina, 4, Moscow, 117997, Russia; moc.liamg@stevogahcvv

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project #20-65-46014).

Author contribution: Chagovets VV — study planning, sample preparation, discussion of NMR data processing, manuscript authoring and editing; Vasil'ev VG — sample preparation, NMR analysis; Iurova MV, Khabas GN — collection and characterization of clinical samples, discussion of the results; Pavlovich SV — study research, discussion of the results; Starodubtseva NL — study planning, clinical data processing; Mayboroda OA — study planning and management, manuscript authoring, NMR data processing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology (Minutes #10 of December 05, 2019), conducted in accordance with federal laws of the Russian Federation (#152, 323 etc.) and the Declaration of Helsinki of 1964 with all subsequent extensions and amendments regulating scientific research involving biomaterials obtained from human beings.

Received: 2021-12-01 Accepted: 2021-12-16 Published online: 2021-12-29
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