Mitchell A Lutey

Mr. Mitchell A Lutey

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 October 2024 in Nanomaterials
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MTMitchell Taylor
Mitchell Taylor
Alle MadhusudhanAlle Madhusudhan
Alle Madhusudhan
RWRaymond Wilson
Raymond Wilson
ARAlberto Luis Rodriguez-Nieves
Alberto Luis Rodriguez-Nieves
MLMitchell A Lutey
Mitchell A Lutey
Xiaohua HuangXiaohua Huang
Xiaohua Huang
Single-vesicle molecular profiling of cancer-associated extracellular vesicles (EVs) is increasingly being recognized as a powerful tool for cancer detection and monitoring. Mask and target dual imaging is a facile method to quantify the fraction of the molecularly targeted population of EVs in biofluids at the single-vesicle level. However, accurate and efficient dual imaging vesicle analysis has been challenging due to the interference of false signals on the mask images and the need to analyze a large number of images in clinical samples. In this work, we report a fully automatic dual imaging analysis method based on machine learning and use it with dual imaging single-vesicle technology (DISVT) to detect breast cancer at different stages. The convolutional neural network Resnet34 was used along with transfer learning to produce a suitable machine learning model that could accurately identify areas of interest in experimental data. A combination of experimental and synthetic data were used to train the model. Using DISVT and our machine learning-assisted image analysis platform, we determined the fractions of EpCAM-positive EVs and CD24-positive EVs over captured plasma EVs with CD81 marker in the blood plasma of pilot HER2-positive breast cancer patients and compared to those from healthy donors. The amount of both EpCAM-positive and CD24-positive EVs was found negligible for both healthy donors and Stage I patients. The amount of EpCAM-positive EVs (also CD81-positive) increased from 18% to 29% as the cancer progressed from Stage II to III. No significant increase was found with further progression to Stage IV. A similar trend was found for the CD24-positive EVs. Statistical analysis showed that both EpCAM and CD24 markers can detect HER2-positive breast cancer at Stages II, III, or IV. They can also differentiate individual cancer stages except those between Stage III and Stage IV. Due to the simplicity, high sensitivity, and high efficiency, the DISVT with the AI-assisted dual imaging analysis can be widely used for both basic research and clinical applications to quantitatively characterize molecularly targeted EV subtypes in biofluids.

18 August 2026 in ACS Applied Nano Materials
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MLMitchell A Lutey
Mitchell A Lutey
TSTasnia Siraj
Tasnia Siraj
WBWilliam Rodney Bantom
William Rodney Bantom
ESEman Belal Hamid Saleh
Eman Belal Hamid Saleh
MTMitchell Taylor
Mitchell Taylor
Xiaohua HuangXiaohua Huang
Xiaohua Huang