Figure 1.

A waterfall plot describing the levels of hTERT mRNA in exosomes derived from the sera of cancer patients. Serum was separated from blood samples obtained from various patients with cancer. Exosomes were isolated and the levels of hTERT mRNA was measured by quantitative PCR (Q-PCR). Three data sets are shown: the closest line of dots represents the negative values of hTERT mRNA in healthy volunteers (light grey); the second line of bars depicts the values of hTERT mRNA in patients with haematological malignancies (black). The third group of bars represents the values of hTERT mRNA in patients with solid tumours (grey). ALL=acute lymphocytic leukaemia; AML=acute myelocytic leukaemia; Brkl= Burkit lymphoma; CLL=chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; DLBCL=diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; SLL= small lymphocytic lymphoma.