{"title":"Innovative approach to the detection of circulating tumor biomarkers: multi-dimensional application of liposome technology.","authors":"Weichu Tan, Yitong Zhu, Siting Chen","doi":"10.1186/s12944-025-02578-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Malignant tumors represent a significant worldwide health challenge, with elevated morbidity and mortality rates necessitating enhanced early identification and individualized treatment. Liposomes, as biomimetic lipid-based nanovesicles, have developed as a multifaceted platform for detecting and treating malignant tumors due to their excellent biocompatibility, stability, and membrane fusion properties. Circulating tumor markers, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), extracellular vesicles (EVs), circulating tumor proteins (CTPs), and circulating tumor nucleic acids (ctNAs), play a key role in early cancer diagnosis, disease progression monitoring, and personalized therapy. Liposome-based platforms enable effective molecular recognition, targeted detection, and signal amplification by targeting circulating tumor biomarkers, significantly increasing the potential for early tumor diagnosis and treatment. This review systematically summarizes advancements in the study of liposomes concerning circulating tumor markers, including applications in targeted recognition, early detection, and disease diagnosis, while discussing present problems and prospective applications of existing technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":18073,"journal":{"name":"Lipids in Health and Disease","volume":"24 1","pages":"160"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12036244/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Lipids in Health and Disease","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-025-02578-7","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Malignant tumors represent a significant worldwide health challenge, with elevated morbidity and mortality rates necessitating enhanced early identification and individualized treatment. Liposomes, as biomimetic lipid-based nanovesicles, have developed as a multifaceted platform for detecting and treating malignant tumors due to their excellent biocompatibility, stability, and membrane fusion properties. Circulating tumor markers, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), extracellular vesicles (EVs), circulating tumor proteins (CTPs), and circulating tumor nucleic acids (ctNAs), play a key role in early cancer diagnosis, disease progression monitoring, and personalized therapy. Liposome-based platforms enable effective molecular recognition, targeted detection, and signal amplification by targeting circulating tumor biomarkers, significantly increasing the potential for early tumor diagnosis and treatment. This review systematically summarizes advancements in the study of liposomes concerning circulating tumor markers, including applications in targeted recognition, early detection, and disease diagnosis, while discussing present problems and prospective applications of existing technology.
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Lipids in Health and Disease is an open access, peer-reviewed, journal that publishes articles on all aspects of lipids: their biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, role in health and disease, and the synthesis of new lipid compounds.
Lipids in Health and Disease is aimed at all scientists, health professionals and physicians interested in the area of lipids. Lipids are defined here in their broadest sense, to include: cholesterol, essential fatty acids, saturated fatty acids, phospholipids, inositol lipids, second messenger lipids, enzymes and synthetic machinery that is involved in the metabolism of various lipids in the cells and tissues, and also various aspects of lipid transport, etc. In addition, the journal also publishes research that investigates and defines the role of lipids in various physiological processes, pathology and disease. In particular, the journal aims to bridge the gap between the bench and the clinic by publishing articles that are particularly relevant to human diseases and the role of lipids in the management of various diseases.