Tissue Proteome Profiling of Ovarian cancer in Pakistani Population.

Ovarian cancer is the 5th main cause of death from cancer in females, worldwide. An early and accurate diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma is likely to improve clinical outcome of patients in terms of reduced morbidity and mortality. The objective of our project is the proteome profiling of ovarian malignant and non-malignant tissue samples to find potential biomarkers of disease diagnosis and prognosis. In this project, we have used a systematic protein profiling approach involving 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis coupled with MALDI-TOF MS analysis for identification of biomarkers of ovarian cancer. The associated research paper is in preparation.