Differential expression profile and diagnostic value of plasma exosomal circular RNA in hepatocellular carcinoma

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are recently found to be promising kind of biomarkers for tumors. However, plasma exosomal circRNAs in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is largely unknown. In this study, we report the application of next-generation sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of plasma exosome general transcriptome between 3 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma patients and 3 cases of healthy control. We obtained exosomes through ultrahigh-speed centrifugation techniques and verified exosomes through immunoblotting, NanoSight NS300(Malvern Panalytical, Malvern, UK) and JEM-1230 transmission electron microscope (TEM) (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan). And then, we find that there are 41 circRNAs that have differential expression. This study discovered the differences between hepatocellular carcinoma and healthy people preliminarily. Plasmas exosomes from three samples of HCC patients and three samples of healthy control were extracted and compared the differential expression profile between them.