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. 2020 Aug 31;10(9):658. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090658

Table 1.

Overview on omics-driven commercially available biomarker-based tests.

Biomarker Test Omics Features Assay Method Biofluid/Biospecimen Clinical Application References
STHLM3 nomogram PSA, free PSA, intact PSA, KLK2, MSMB, MIC1, 232 SNPs, age, family, history, DRE
  • SNPs

PSA immunoassays
+ SNP genotyping
Serum Diagnostic
Guiding 1st biopsy
Grönberg et al., 2015 [68]
Select MDx HOXC6 and DLX1
  • mRNAs

RT-PCR Urine-based
(post-DRE)
Diagnostic
Guiding 1st biopsy
Van Neste et al., 2016 [32]
ExoDx Intelliscore PCA3, ERG and SPDEF
  • Exosomal mRNAs

RT-PCR Urine Diagnostic
Guiding 1st biopsy
McKiernan et al., 2018 [34]
Progensa
CA3
PCA3 (DD3)
  • lnc RNA

RT-PCR Urine
(post-DRE)
Diagnostic
Guiding 1st biopsy & repeated biopsies
Hessels et al., 2003 [31];
Marks et al., 2007 [29]; Ramos et al., 2013 [30]
MiProstate TMPRSS2-ERG and PCA3
  • Gene fusion &

lnc RNA
RT-PCR Urine
(post-DRE)
Diagnostic
Guiding 1st & repeated biopsies
Leyten et al., 2014 [69]
Tomlins et al., 2016 [33]
Confirm MDx GSTP1, APC, RASSF
  • Methylation

Multiplex PCR Tissue (Biopsy) Diagnostic
Guiding repeated biopsies
Partin et al., 2014 [35]
OncotypeDx 12 cancer-related genes (AZGP1, KLK2, SRD5A2, FAM13C, FLNC, GSN, TPM2, GSTM2, TPX2, BGN, COL1A1, SFRP4) and 5 reference genes
  • mRNAs

RT-PCR Tissue (Biopsy) Diagnostic
Guiding
repeated biopsies
Prognostic
Guiding active treatment & AS
Klein et al., 2014 [46]
Cullen et al., 2015 [47]
SChLAP1 SChLAP1
  • lnc RNA

Microarray hybridization Tissue (Radical prostatectomy) Prognostic Guiding active treatment & AS Prensner et al., 2015 [56]
Decipher 22 coding and non-protein coding regions
  • mRNAs

Affymetrix microarrays Tissue Prognostic
Monitoring metastasis
Glass et al., 2016 [42]
Ross et al., 2014 [43]
Prolaris 31 cell cycle progression and 15 reference genes
  • mRNAs

RT-PCR Tissue (Radical prostatectomy) Prognostic
Monitoring biochemical recurrence
Leon et al., 2018 [50]
AR-V7 AR-V7
  • CTCs

RT-PCR, ddPCR Serum Predictive
Response to abiraterone/enzalutamide
Seitz et al., 2017 [70,71,72,73]
DNA repair
genes
BRCA1, BRCA2, or ATM
  • mRNAs

Next-Generation Sequencing Tissue Predictive
Response to opaparib
de Bono et al., 2020 [67]

Table Abbreviations: ATM—ataxia telangiectasia-mutated gene, APC—adenomatous polyposis coli, AR-V7—androgen-receptor splice variant 7 messenger RNA, AZGP1—zinc α 2-glycoprotein, BGN—biglycan, BRCA1—breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein, BRCA2—breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein, COL1A1—collagen alpha-1(I) chain, ddPCR—droplet digital PCR, DLX1—homeobox protein DLX-1, DRE—digital rectal examination, ERG—transcriptional regulator ERG, FAM13C—protein FAM13C, FLNC—filamin-C, GSN—gelsolin, GSTM2—glutathione S-transferase Mu 2, GSTP1—glutathione S-transferase pi gene, HOXC6—homeobox protein Hox-C6, KLK2—kallikrein-2, MIC1—macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1, MSMB—microseminoprotein beta, PCA3—prostate cancer gene 3, PSA—prostate specific antigen, RASSF—Ras association domain-containing protein 1, RT-PCR—reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, SChLAP1—second chromosome locus associated with prostate-1, SFRP4—secreted frizzled-related protein 4, SNPs—single nucleotide polymorphisms, SPDEF—SAM pointed domain-containing Ets transcription factor, SRD5A2—steroid 5 Alpha-Reductase 2, TMPRSS2—transmembrane serine protease 2, TPM2—tropomyosin beta chain, TPX2—targeting protein for Xklp2.