Laura Reetz

Ms. Laura Reetz


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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

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LRLaura Reetz
Laura Reetz
JGJamal Ghanam
Jamal Ghanam
VCVenkatesh Kumar Chetty
Venkatesh Kumar Chetty
LBLennart Barthel
Lennart Barthel
STStephan Tippelt
Stephan Tippelt
Basant Kumar ThakurBasant Kumar Thakur
Basant Kumar Thakur
The understanding of medulloblastoma (MB) progression is limited by the lack of minimally invasive monitoring methods. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carrying disease-specific signatures are promising for liquid biopsies, but clinical translation is hindered by inconsistent isolation techniques. This study compares small EVs (sEVs) and their proteomes from blood plasma (BP) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in MB. Using ultrafiltration and size exclusion chromatography (UF-SEC), we isolated sEVs from pediatric patient samples. sEV proteins from matched CSF-BP samples from MB patients (MBCSF/MBBP), healthy BP controls (HCBP), and MB cell lines (MBCL) were analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, subjected to Gene Ontology and Cytoscape analyses, and compared to published MB, CSF, and EV datasets. By optimizing UF-SEC for small volumes, we found that CSF-sEVs are smaller and elute in later SEC fractions. Proteins linked to the extracellular matrix (ECM) were enriched in MBCSF and MBCL, while integrin binding showed inconsistent patterns between MBCSF and MBBP. MBBP and HCBP showed no significant differences. Fourteen proteins from MB datasets were identified in our analysis and primarily enriched in CSF. These findings support CSF-sEVs as more informative than BP-sEVs for MB diagnosis and monitoring, emphasize the need for fluid-specific sEV isolation, and suggest that ECM components and integrins may mediate MB progression.