How biomarkers can improve pneumonia diagnosis and prognosis: procalcitonin and mid-regional-pro-adrenomedullin.

abstract：:The field of aortopathy, in common with other genomic disorders, is undergoing a revolution. This is largely driven by the implementation of newer forms of genetic sequencing (massively parallel or next-generation sequencing). Advantages conferred by this technology include reduced costs, reduced sequencing time and t...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Rea G,Stewart FJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure remains an important clinical and public health problem with significant mortality, morbidity and economic consequences. The identification of natriuretic peptides and the large number of investigations that followed have led to a better understanding of the neurohormonal pathophysiology of heart failure...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Miller WL,Targonski PV,Jaffe AS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Eosinophilic asthma is associated with more exacerbations and differential responses to treatment. The aim of this study was to assess if CLC/Gal-10 and MBP-1 are surrogate biomarkers of eosinophilic inflammation in asthma. Methods & results: Sputum induction was performed in patients with asthma and in healthy c...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Nyenhuis SM,Alumkal P,Du J,Maybruck BT,Vinicky M,Ackerman SJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated the effect of lncRNA SOX2OT expression and its SNP in tumorigenesis and development of breast cancer (BC) in a case-control study. METHODS:A total of 1106 individuals, 505 newly diagnosed BC patients and 601 age-matched controls (±2 years) were testified. Real-time PCR was adopted for testing tissues'...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Tang X,Gao Y,Yu L,Lu Y,Zhou G,Cheng L,Sun K,Zhu B,Xu M,Liu J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The Tp-e/QT (peak to end of T-wave duration/QT interval) ratio is a promising marker of myocardial repolarization and ventricular arrhythmogenesis. Its elevation is associated with sudden cardiac death in different clinical conditions. This study was designed to assess the possible association between incr...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Fang J,Su H,Song A,Tong Y,Huang Z,Ding F,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac troponin is the standard biomarker for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and risk stratification for short-term adverse cardiac events (death, AMI or need for revascularization). Unfortunately, the concentration of troponin in blood is normal in AMI patients who present early after the onset o...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Wu AH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease will reach epidemic proportions within the next 20-30 years if left unchecked. Currently, there are no treatments that prevent or slow Alzheimer's disease but many are being developed. Parallel efforts to develop biomarkers to aid in disease diagnosis and prognosis, and assess disease risk are curr...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Fagan AM,Holtzman DM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this article was to investigate the performance and predictive value of urinary liver-type FABP (uL-FABP) and urinary NGAL (uNGAL) for renal function and prognosis in obstructive nephropathy (ON). PATIENTS & METHODS:A total of 108 ON patients and urine samples were collected. An ELISA was used to determ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Xie Y,Xu W,Wang Q,Shao X,Ni Z,Mou S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate and validate predictive value of combination of pretreatment monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer after transurethral resection. Materials & methods: Total 358 patie...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Wang Q,Huang T,Ji J,Wang H,Guo C,Sun X,Zheng K,Dong Z,Cao Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Epilepsy and seizures are very common in the early years of life and are often associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Identification of biomarkers for the early detection of epileptogenicity, epileptogenesis, comorbidities, disease progression and treatment implementation will be very important in implem...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Galanopoulou AS,Moshé SL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide. Early detection of bladder tumors is critical for improved patient outcomes. The standard method for detection and surveillance of bladder tumors is cystoscopy with urinary cytology. Limitations of cystoscopy and urinary cytology have brought to light the ...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Rosser CJ,Urquidi V,Goodison S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury is a common and significant complication among pediatric patients with congenital heart disease, occurring most commonly after cardiopulmonary bypass. Current laboratory methods of diagnosis are not timely enough to guide management decisions, thus spurring interest in discovering new biomarkers of...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Kwiatkowski DM,Goldstein SL,Krawczeski CD

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：: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 establish a database for the associations between idiosyncratic drug reactions (IDRs) and human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and to systematically assess the characteristics of the drug-HLA associations. MATERIALS & METHODS:Electronic databases were searched to extensively identify drug-HLA association studies fro...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Du T,Yang L,Luo H,Zhou P,Mei H,Xuan J,Xing Q,Ning B,Mendrick DL,Shi L

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Tuberculosis is a public health concern worldwide. Particularly worrying is the emergence of severe forms of drug resistance, such as extensively drug resistant and totally drug resistant tuberculosis, with few treatment options for the afflicted patients. To avoid further spread of drug resistance, its early detectio...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Palomino JC,Vandamme P,Martin A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a wide range of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in social interaction, language, communication and range of interests. Autism is usually diagnosed in children 3-5 years of age using behavioral characteristics; thus, diagnosis shortly after b...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Mizejewski GJ,Lindau-Shepard B,Pass KA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The role of octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) in gastric cancer (GC) progression is still under debate and reported results are inconsistent. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of Oct4 expression in patients with GC. MATERIALS & METHO...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Wei Y,Liu H,Wang C,Zhang W,Wen X,Long H,Xu Z,Guo H,Liu Y,Wei D,Qiu C,Li G,Sun Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Background: Troponin levels may be elevated in COVID-19 infection. The aim of this study was to the explore relation between troponin levels and COVID-19 severity. Materials & methods/Results: One hundred and forty consecutive patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were included. Diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia was based on...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Ileri C,Dogan Z,Ozben B,Karaoglu C,Gunay N,Tigen K,Basat S,Uyan C

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Predicting a poor treatment outcome would offer significant benefits for patient care and for new drug development. Materials, methods & results: Urine samples from tuberculosis-positive patients with a successful and unsuccessful treatment outcome were collected at baseline and analyzed. The identified metabolites...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Luies L,Reenen MV,Ronacher K,Walzl G,Loots DT

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:With the regulatory approvals in Europe and the USA of trastuzumab-based anti-HER2 targeted therapy for upper gastrointestinal cancers in 2010, HER2 testing has now become universal for newly diagnosed cases of both breast cancer and adenocarcinomas of esophagus, stomach and gastroesophageal origin. In the 12 years or...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Ross JS

更新日期：2011-06-01 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:This meta-analysis was designed to analyze and evaluate the prognostic role of preoperative or pretreatment platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). METHOD:We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical L...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Min GT,Wang YH,Yao N,Zhao JM,Wang J,Wang HP,Chen W,Deng SJ,Li YM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the expression of FLNA and its potential prognostic significance in cervical cancer. PATIENTS & METHODS:Real-time PCR was performed to evaluate the expression levels of FLNA in 44 pairs of cervical cancer and matched normal adjacent tissues. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards model w...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Jin YZ,Pei CZ,Wen LY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we review the main available computational methods of identifying biomarkers of complex diseases from high-throughput data. The emerging omics techniques provide powerful alternatives to measure thousands of molecules in cells in parallel manners. The generated genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabol...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Liu ZP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of circulating miRNAs with white-coat hypertension (WCH) and further analyze whether miRNAs could be as potential biomarkers for WCH. METHOD:Quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to evaluate the expression of selected miRNAs. The a...

journal_title：Biomarkers in medicine

authors： Huang YQ,Huang C,Chen JY,Li J,Feng YQ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00