In search of epilepsy biomarkers in the immature brain: goals, challenges and strategies.

abstract：AIM:LncRNAs may act as promising biomarkers in esophageal cancer (EC). Here, we illustrate the LncRNA profile and their clinical relevance in EC. PATIENTS & METHODS:In this study, we utilized the Cancer Genome Atlas RNA-sequencing and clinical data from 186 patients and 13 normal samples. Various statistical and gene ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Khadirnaikar S,Narayanan SP,Shukla SK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: This study aimed to identify glioblastoma prognosis-associated genes with potential diagnosis or prognosis values using integrated bioinformatics analysis. Results: In total, 1831 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the glioblastoma and control samples were identified and were clustered into seve...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Wang D,Liu J,Chen Q,Yang R,Jiang Q

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To develop robust and accurate prognostic biomarkers to help clinicians optimize therapeutic strategies. Materials & methods: Differentially prognosis-related autophagy genes were identified by bioinformatics analysis method. Results: Seven prognosis-related autophagy genes were more significantly related to the ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Wang J,Miao Y,Ran J,Yang Y,Guan Q,Mi D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus Type 2 (DM2) are two diseases as ancient as they are harmful to human health. The outcome for both diseases in part depends on immune and metabolic individual responses. DM2 is increasing yearly, mainly due to environmental, genetic and lifestyle habits. There are multiple evide...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Salgado-Bustamante M,Rocha-Viggiano AK,Rivas-Santiago C,Magaña-Aquino M,López JA,López-Hernández Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natriuretic peptide system comprises three structurally related peptides: atrial natriuretic peptide, B-type natriuretic peptide and C-type natriuretic peptide. In circulation, they play an important endocrine role in the regulation of cardiovascular homeostasis by maintaining blood pressure and extracellular flui...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Lippert S,Goetze JP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 44th Congress of the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7-10 September 2017 The 44th congress followed the previous one of  International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (ISOBM) that took place in Chicago (USA) in 2016. The title of the 44th Annual congress was: 'Biomarker...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Kinkorová J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate the role of endothelial PV-1 in patients with untreated celiac disease (CD)-associated liver injury. Materials & methods: PV-1 and PV-1 mRNA were measured in intestinal biopsies from untreated CD patients with elevated or normal alanine transaminase levels, controls, patients with inflammatory bowe...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： De Leo L,Naviglio S,Vatta S,Benelli E,Stera G,Santon D,Ziberna F,Taddio A,Martelossi S,Giudici F,Giuffrida P,Di Sabatino A,Corazza GR,Ventura A,Not T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated the association of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity with atherogenic risk factors and metabolic health status in young nondiabetic obese women. METHODS & RESULTS:In 140 obese women GGT activity was independently associated with BMI, triglyceride to high-density cholesterol ratio and homeost...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Mankowska-Cyl A,Krintus M,Rajewski P,Sypniewska G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress has been postulated as an additive factor linking obesity to cardiovascular disease. MATERIALS & METHODS:Derivatives of reactive oxygen species metabolites (d-ROMs) were measured in 136 obese (42 males, 94 females; mean age: 47 ± 12 years; BMI: 36 ± 5 kg/m(2)) and in 306 over- and normal-we...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Vassalle C,Vigna L,Bianchi S,Maffei S,Novembrino C,De Giuseppe R,de Liso F,Vannucci A,Tirelli S,Maiavacca R,Bamonti F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of unknown etiologycharacterized b y pronounced fibroproliferative alterations in the microvasculature, and frequent cellular and humoral immunity abnormalities, culminating in a severe and often progressive fibrotic process. Numerous biomarkers reflecting the ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Castro SV,Jimenez SA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: We investigated whether ADAMTS9-AS2 and CADM2 were related to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methodology: ESCC microarray datasets and reverse transcriptase qualitative PCR were used to analyze ADAMTS9-AS2 and CADM2 expression. Results: The GSE120356 and GSE33810 datasets identified ADAMTS9-AS2...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Shen FF,Zhang F,Yang HJ,Li JK,Su JF,Yu PT,Zhou FY,Che GW

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the clinical significance of detecting several biomarkers collectively in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:128 RA patients, 174 non-RA patients and 80 healthy controls were enrolled. HLA-DR4 and HLA-DR53 were detected by the PCR-SSP method, 14-3-3η protein, anti-CCP and anti-Sa we...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Tan L,Wang Q,Zeng T,Long T,Guan X,Wu S,Zheng W,Fu H,Meng Y,Wu Y,Tian Y,Yu J,Chen J,Li H,Cao L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uPA system mainly comprises the urokinase-type plasminogen activator uPA, the cell-surface receptor uPA receptor and the inhibitor PAI-1. Its clinical and prognostic impact especially in breast cancer is well investigated. In this short report, we summarize the published data describing expression of uPA, PAI-1 an...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Taubert H,Magdolen V,Kotzsch M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD: unipolar depression) is widely distributed in the USA and world-wide populations and it is one of the leading causes of disability in both adolescents and adults. Traditional diagnostic approaches for MDD are based on patient interviews, which provide a subjective assessment of clinical...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Bilello JA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of gelsolin-like actin-capping protein (CapG) in prostate cancer (PCa). MATERIALS & METHODS:CapG expression and its correlation with clinicopathological characters and patient prognosis were analyzed in 76 cases of PCa by immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR. Then, the influence of CapG downreg...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Li T,Hong X,Zhao J,Teng Y,Zheng J,Chen H,Chen H,Li H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like all human cancers, colorectal cancer is a complicated disease. While a mature body of research involving colorectal cancer has implicated the putative sequence of genetic alterations that trigger the disease and sustain its progression, there is a surprising paucity of well-validated, clinically useful diagnostic...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Nibbe RK,Chance MR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has become increasingly clear that the development of cancer, a multifactorial disease, cannot be explained by a single molecule or gene mutation. As a new discipline, metabolomics focuses on the body's metabolite changes, and attempts to find differences to explain the development of cancer; it has proven to be ef...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Zhang WT,Zhang ZW,Guo YD,Wang LS,Mao SY,Zhang JF,Liu MN,Yao XD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the possible relationship between coronary atherosclerosis markers, pericardial fat volume (PFV) and coronary artery calcification, with ECG markers of index of the cardiac electrophysiological balance (iCEB) and transmural dispersion of the repolarization in patients with suspected coronary artery diseas...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Nafakhi H,Al-Mosawi AA,Alareedh M,Al-Nafakh HA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We have evaluated here the clinical and analytical performance of the Alere™ Heart Check (AHC) test, a rapid point-of-care immunoassay designed for the measurement of BNP from fresh capillary whole blood. PATIENTS & METHODS:One-hundred-and-sixty-three patients with stable chronic heart failure followed at the card...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Monfort A,Da Silva K,Vodovar N,Gayat E,Cohen-Solal A,Manivet P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy and is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Developing adjuvant therapy to circumvent drug resistance represents an important aspect of current initiatives to improve survival in women with advanced EOC. A regulatory molecule that ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Nagaraj AB,Joseph P,DiFeo A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic performance of complement components in septic patients, complement 3, membrane attack complex (MAC) and mannose-binding lectin were measured and compared among adult patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, as well as between in-hospital nonsurvivors and survivors. METHO...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Zhao X,Chen YX,Li CS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern war wounds are complex and primarily involve extremities. They require multiple operative interventions to achieve wound closure and begin rehabilitation. Current assessment of the suitability of surgical wound closure is based upon subjective methods coupled with a semiquantitative determination of the wound b...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Brown TS,Safford S,Caramanica J,Elster EA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, biobanks of human tissues have evolved from small-scale collections of pathological materials into structured resource centers for acquisition, storage, processing and usage of high-quality biospecimens for research. This evolution goes hand in hand with the development of highly sensitive, high-throu...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Zatloukal K,Hainaut P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis is characterized by aberrant myofibroblast accumulation and excessive extracellular matrix deposition, which leads to organ failure and significantly contributes to mortality worldwide. Exosomes, which are extracellular nanovesicles with a diameter of 30-100 nm that are secreted into the extracellular space b...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Qin XJ,Zhang JX,Wang RL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the present study is to evaluate the relationship between coronary collateral circulation (CCC) grade and serum IGF-1 levels in patients diagnosed with stable coronary artery disease. METHODS:Totally, 190 consecutive patients with stable coronary artery disease who underwent coronary angiography were in...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Kundi H,Gok M,Kiziltunc E,Cetin M,Ornek E

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive and invasive tumor, whose incidence is expected to peak, in many countries, at the end of the present decade, 20-40 years after the peak of asbestos use (asbestos being the most important etiological factor). MPM has a poor prognosis, in part, owing to a diff...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Cristaudo A,Bonotti A,Simonini S,Bruno R,Foddis R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The association between Lipoprotein (a) (Lp [a]) and common carotid intima media thickness (IMT) has been evaluated in 222 menopausal women. MATERIAL & METHODS:Lp (a) and IMT were measured, carotid ultrasound examination (B-Mode imaging) was performed and mean max IMT was calculated. RESULTS:Lp (a) was significan...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Gentile M,Iannuzzo G,Mattiello A,Marotta G,Iannuzzi A,Panico S,Rubba P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, a biomarker has multiple uses such as a diagnostic tool and a method to monitor therapy. The quality of a biomarker depends on how big the difference is between, for example, patients and healthy controls, but also on the capacity of the method used to measure it (the uncertainty in the method should be mu...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Andreasson U,Vanmechelen E,Shaw LM,Zetterberg H,Vanderstichele H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to assess the urinary concentrations of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) in patients with hydronephrosis. METHODS:Neonates with a history of prenatal hydronephrosis were enrolled in three groups. Group 1 included neonates with severe obstruction; group 2 included ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Mohammadjafari H,Rafiei A,Kosaryan M,Yeganeh Y,Hosseinimehr SJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: to evaluate the associations between signatures of apoptotic endothelial cell-derived microvesicles (MVs) with phenotypes of chronic heart failure (HF). Methods: The study cohort consisted of 388 prospectively involved subjects with HF patients with predominantly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF)...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Berezin AE,Kremzer AA,Samura TA,Berezina TA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00