ANGLE CTC Lab Services

PD-L1 analysis of CTC populations

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) can allow cancers to evade the host immune system when upregulated. PD-L1 inhibitors have shown some excellent therapeutic results in multiple cancers, but do not work for all patients. The up-regulation of PD-L1 is dynamic and cannot be adequately represented by a static tumour tissue biopsy sample. Measurement of PD-L1 on CTCs offers the potential for non-invasive and hence repeat analysis of PD-L1 status.

ANGLE has a standardised and fully integrated workflow for the enumeration of CTCs together with their PD-L1 expression.  The workflow integrates:

• ANGLE’s Parsortix system for CTC capture
• Our CTC/ PD-L1 antibody kit
• Bioview imaging solutions for detection and analysis of the CTCs.

How the service works:

• Send your patient blood samples to one of our labs in BD K₂EDTA tubes.
• Samples will be processed by ANGLE within 24 hours.
• Images of captured and characterised CTCs shared via secure cloud.
• Report for each sample processed is shared back with you.

For more information and to discuss your needs, contact us on EUsales@angleplc.com or NAsales@angleplc.com

Example images of PD-L1 positive CTCs from patient blood samples