Fig. 5From: Discovery of a diagnostic biomarker for colon cancer through proteomic profiling of small extracellular vesiclesExpression of candidate proteins in plasma-derived small-EVs. a Western blotting was performed to determine the expression level of five potential colon cancer markers and CD9 (a positive-control small-EV marker) in plasma-derived small-EVs (4 μL) obtained from colon cancer patients (CC, n = 9) and healthy controls (HC, n = 3). b Expression level and significance were validated. Significance was analyzed using the Student’s t-test. *p < 0.05Back to article page