@article{ETD, recid = {9380}, author = {Sayar, Zeynep}, title = {Multi-omic characterization of localized prostate cancer and development of multiplex liquid biopsy assays for accurate patient stratification}, publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University}, school = {Ph.D.}, address = {2021}, number = {ETD}, abstract = {Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide. This thesis leverages novel single-cell epigenomic and proteomic approaches to aid in the identification of precise subtypes of prostate tumors that are organ-confined at the time of diagnosis. We first utilize cyclic immunofluorescent imaging to profile the spatial heterogeneity of prostate tumors and uncover risk-level and Gleason Pattern specific cell types and cellular interactions. Next, we perform single-cell ATAC sequencing of the same tumors and identify unique genomic regions associated with high-risk tumors and immune response signatures associated with low-risk tumors. Finally, we develop assays that enable multiplex imaging of biomarkers isolated from low-volume liquid biopsy samples. Our work uncovers unique cellular and molecular markers, which hold the potential to become novel prognostic factors, and presents a multiplex liquid biopsy approach for the detection of prostate cancer for precise treatment strategies.}, url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9380}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/n583xv754}, }