Measuring thyroglobulin in patients with thyroglobulin autoantibodies: evaluation of the clinical impact of BRAHMS Kryptor® Tg-minirecovery test in a large series of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is a benign tumour of the salivary gland with a tendency to malignancy which creates many diagnostic problems. N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase (HEX) is a lysosomal exoglycosidase involved in degradation of oligosaccharide chains of glycoproteins, glycolipids and glycosaminoglycans, know...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Borzym-Kluczyk M,Olszewska E,Radziejewska I,Lewszuk A,Zwierz K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) has been implicated in the development of cardiovascular and chronic kidney diseases (CKD). However, while higher TMAO levels have been associated with increased risks of cardiovascular or renal events in first prospective studies, it remained unclear how much plasma...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kühn T,Rohrmann S,Sookthai D,Johnson T,Katzke V,Kaaks R,von Eckardstein A,Müller D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabesity, that is to say, obesity-dependent diabetes, has emerged as a major public health problem. Though diabesity is basically explained by insulin resistance and pancreatic beta cell dysfunction, new paradigms have evolved to explain these alterations in the context of the modern epidemics of obesity and diabetes...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Schmidt MI,Duncan BB

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Brevican, neurocan, tenascin-C and tenascin-R are extracellular matrix proteins present in brain that show increased expression in experimental animal models of brain injury. However, little is known about the dynamics of these proteins in human body fluids, such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum, afte...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Minta K,Cullen NC,Nimer FA,Thelin EP,Piehl F,Clarin M,Tullberg M,Jeppsson A,Portelius E,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Andreasson U

更新日期：2019-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are key mediators in cell regulation and communication. The concentration of these proteins can rapidly and importantly increase during severe clinical situations. However, current techniques are not adapted to stat measurement, thus making their clinical use limited. In this context, the commercialization o...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Berthier F,Lambert C,Genin C,Bienvenu J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are large differences in the use of laboratory tests between hospitals in Sweden. These differences are not only due to differences between the patients treated but also to differences in practice. Use of laboratory test seems to reflect local traditions to a large extent. These large variations in practice are ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Larsson A,Palmer M,Hultén G,Tryding N

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of low molecular weight proteins from plasma by kidneys depends on glomerular filtration rate (GFR), protein-glomerular membrane electric charge, steric interactions and a number of functionally active nephrons present in the kidneys. There is a well documented relationship between the concentration of low mol...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Naskalski J,Anyszek T,Surdacka E,Hoyer B,Sulowicz W

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genes correlated with nicotine may be important in obesity because of the role of nicotine in food intake. METHODS:To determine if single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha2 subunit gene (CHRNA2) are associated with overweight/obesity, 156 non-obese and 20...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kim J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background While quantitation methods for small-molecule and tryptic peptide bottom-up mass spectrometry (MS) have been well defined, quantitation methods for top-down or middle-up MS approaches have not been as well defined. Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (t-mAbs) are a group of proteins that can be used to both d...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Cradic KW,Ladwig PM,Rivard AL,Katrangi W,Wintgens KF,Willrich MAV

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated plasma levels of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) are associated with granulomatous diseases. However, several families of autosomal dominant hyper-ACE-emia without disease association have already been reported. Recently, the ACE mutation c.3705C>T (Pro1199Leu) was identified as the genetic correlate in E...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Semmler A,Stein RW,Caplan L,Danilov SM,Klockgether T,Linnebank M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procalcitonin (PCT) is increasingly being used for the diagnostic and prognostic work up of patients with suspected infections in the emergency department (ED). Recently, B·R·A·H·M·S PCT direct, the first high sensitive point-of-care test (POCT), has been developed for fast PCT measurement on capillary or ve...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kutz A,Hausfater P,Oppert M,Alan M,Grolimund E,Gast C,Alonso C,Wissmann C,Kuehn C,Bernard M,Huber A,Mueller B,Schuetz P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is a significant and independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the underlying mechanism is unclear. We and others have reported that homocysteine (Hcy) is inversely correlated with plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein AI (apoA-I) in patie...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Liao D,Yang X,Wang H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The immunoglobulin superfamily receptor translocation-associated 2 (IRTA2) gene encodes both membrane and secreted forms of the B-cell differentiation antigen (also identified as FcRH5). The membrane form is highly expressed on the surface of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) cells from patients. This study aimed to...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Ise T,Kreitman RJ,Pastan I,Nagata S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated protein C (APC), a natural anticoagulant, is formed from protein C by the action of the thrombin-thrombomodulin (TM) complex on the endothelial cell surface. Endothelial protein C receptor augments the activation of protein C by the thrombin/TM system. APC inactivates the activated form of coagulation factor...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Okajima K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is used as an outcome measure for relapsed disease in prostate cancer. Nonetheless, there are considerable concerns about its indiscriminate use as a surrogate endpoint for cell growth or survival. We hypothesized that treatment with a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Wenisch JM,Mayr FB,Spiel AO,Radicioni M,Jilma B,Jilma-Stohlawetz P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholesterol homeostasis disorders may cause dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis progression and coronary artery disease (CAD) development. Evaluation of non-cholesterol sterols (NCSs) as synthesis and absorption markers, and lipoprotein particles quality may indicate the dyslipidemia early development. This study ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gojkovic T,Vladimirov S,Spasojevic-Kalimanovska V,Zeljkovic A,Vekic J,Kalimanovska-Ostric D,Djuricic I,Sobajic S,Jelic-Ivanovic Z

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portable meters for blood glucose concentrations are used at the patients bedside, as well as by patients for self-monitoring of blood glucose. Even though most devices have important technological advances that decrease operator error, the analytical goals proposed for the performance of glucose meters have been rece...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Sánchez-Margalet V,Rodriguez-Oliva M,Sánchez-Pozo C,Fernández-Gallardo MF,Goberna R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In chronic kidney diseases of various etiologies, the urinary excretion of uromodulin is usually decreased in parallel with the glomerular filtration rate. This study aimed to investigate whether serum uromodulin is associated with kidney function. METHODS:Within the framework of the Seniorlabor study, a su...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Risch L,Lhotta K,Meier D,Medina-Escobar P,Nydegger UE,Risch M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatty acid metabolites play a key role in numerous physiological and pathological processes. A rapid liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry assay for the simultaneous determination of prostanoids, isoprostane and lipoxygenase (LOX) derived fatty acid metabolites in a small biological sample of only 20 micro...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Unterwurzacher I,Koal T,Bonn GK,Weinberger KM,Ramsay SL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite remarkable advances in technology and laboratory automation, results of laboratory testing still suffer from a high degree of preanalytical variability. Although there is no definitive evidence, the use of small-gauge needles for venipuncture is usually discouraged to reduce the chance of producing u...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Lippi G,Salvagno GL,Montagnana M,Brocco G,Cesare Guidi G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantification of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a challenge in patients with hemoglobin (Hb) variants. We evaluated the impact of various Hb variants on five routine HbA1c assays by comparing with the IFCC reference measurement procedure (RMP). METHODS:Whole blood samples showing warning flags or no result...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Yun YM,Ji M,Ko DH,Chun S,Kwon GC,Lee K,Song SH,Seong MW,Park SS,Song J

更新日期：2017-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several drugs may affect the diagnosis of brain death by depressing the electroencephalographic signal. Serum levels of these drugs must be below their respective therapeutic ranges. METHODS:A high performance liquid chromatography-based fast and simple method was developed for determination of thiopentone,...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Meinitzer A,Kalcher K,Gartner G,Halwachs-Baumann G,März W,Stettin M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since PSA is supposed to play an active role in the progression of prostate cancer, we applied a quantitative RT-PCR to measure the absolute levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA expression in benign and malignant prostatic tissue. Consecutive fine needle prostate biopsy material from 59 patients (43 with pro...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gelmini S,Tricarico C,Petrone L,Forti G,Amorosi A,Dedola GL,Serio M,Pazzagli M,Orlando C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As ABO blood type influences the plasma level of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII), it likely also affects activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and thrombin generation assay (TGA) values. Here, we aimed to investigate the effect of ABO type on the normal values of three global coagulation assays: proth...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Choi Q,Kim JE,Kim SY,Han KS,Kim HK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many years of study, clinical trials of new drugs to prevent thrombosis have often been disappointing. Part of the problem lies in our incomplete understanding of the regulation of plasminogen activation and/or inhibition in vivo. We have previously shown that in vitro nitration of plasminogen in plasma by per...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Hathuc C,Hermo R,Schulze J,Gugliucci A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, is formed by methylation of arginine residues in proteins and released after proteolysis. In this reaction, S-adenosylmethionine is methyldonor and S-adenosylhomocysteine the demethylated product. ADMA and homocysteine are thus bioch...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： van Guldener C,Nanayakkara PW,Stehouwer CD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are believed to be important in brain development and repair following neuronal damage. It is also speculated that IGFs are involved in the association of foetal and pre-adult growth with schizophrenia (SZ). METHODS:The aim of this study was to assess levels of IGF-I, IGF-...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Akanji AO,Ohaeri JU,Al-Shammri SA,Fatania HR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On May 28-29, 2009, a number of medical laboratory opinion leaders, pathologists and biochemists met in Sitges, Spain to discuss issues of interest to medical laboratory professionals. The meeting was sponsored by Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (Hercules, CA). Over 40 persons representing Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Burnett D,Ceriotti F,Cooper G,Parvin C,Plebani M,Westgard J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appearance of nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) in peripheral blood is associated with a variety of severe diseases. When NRBCs are detected in blood, this is generally associated with increased mortality. METHODS:In a prospective study, NRBCs and other laboratory parameters were measured daily in the p...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Stachon A,Holland-Letz T,Kempf R,Becker A,Friese J,Krieg M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have suggested that omentin-1 plays a critical role in the development of cardiovascular disease. However, reported findings are inconsistent, and no study has evaluated the association between omentin-1 levels and a poor functional outcome after ischemic stroke onset. METHODS:A total of 266 ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Xu T,Zuo P,Wang Y,Gao Z,Ke K

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00