Serum cystatin C may predict the prognostic stages of patients with IgA nephropathy prior to renal biopsy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, is known to play a key role in the processes leading to atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD) through its anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and anti-apoptotic properties. In the current study, we have studied the association of two sing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ghazouani L,Elmufti A,Baaziz I,Chaabane I,Ben Mansour H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines play crucial role in the development and functions of placenta. Any changes in these cytokines may be associated with many pregnancy-related disorders like preeclampsia. Therefore, the present study is aimed to study the expression of pro-inflammatory (TNF-α, IL-6) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Aggarwal R,Jain AK,Mittal P,Kohli M,Jawanjal P,Rath G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate anti-HEV antibody profiles in urine specimens in comparison to corresponding serum samples to assess the utility of urine as a clinical specimen. Paired serum and urine specimens from 71 hepatitis E patients, 33 non-E hepatitis patients, 63 patients with nonhepatic diseases, and 2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Joshi MS,Walimbe AM,Arankalle VA,Chadha MS,Chitambar SD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, the genetic and genomic research entered in a new era of high-throughput genotyping technology. However, mutagenic polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) is still a choice of genotyping method in molecular epidemiological research. It has been extensively used fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sharma N,Awasthi S,Phadke SR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that the Rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cell line expresses human acetylcholine receptor (AChR) based on the following evidences: 1. Soluble AChR can be isolated from RD cells following the isolation procedure for AChR from human muscle; 2. Intact RD cells bind to alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha Butx) in a time-dependent an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wu JT,Astill M,Lloyd C,Salmon VC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to detect reliability of Brucella Coombs gel test (BCGT) by comparing with with ELISA (IgG + IgM), Standard agglutination test, and Brucella immunocapture agglutination methods in serological diagnosis of brucellosis. METHODS:Brucella Coombs gel test (BCGT), Brucella ELISA (IgG + I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kalem F,Ergün AG,Durmaz S,Doğan M,Ertuğrul Ö,Gündem S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antitetanus antibodies was developed using aluminum-absorbed tetanus toxoid as the coating antigen. The assay was tested by measuring antitetanus antibody levels in serum obtained from subjects before and after immunization with the aluminum-absorbed te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Thiele GM,Rogers J,Collins M,Yasuda N,Smith D,McDonald TL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the new body fluid module on Sysmex UF1000-i (UF1000i-BF) for analysis of white blood cell (WBC) and red blood cell (RBC) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). METHODS:WBC and RBC counting were compared between UF1000i-BF and Fuchs-Rosenthal counting chamber in 67 CSF samples. This study also included ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Buoro S,Apassiti Esposito S,Alessio M,Crippa A,Ottomano C,Lippi G

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the assay system for peroxidase activity in human mixed saliva using 2,2'-azinobis-(-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) as the substrate is reported. The modifications permit differentiation between glandular peroxidase (SPX) and myeloperoxidase (MPX) activity. In addition, factors endogeno...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Venezie RD,Jenzano JW,Lundblad RL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) on the TDx analyzer has been used for determination of free phenytoin concentration. Recently Abbott Laboratories decided to discontinue the TDx analyzer and related assays on this analyzer. Free phenytoin assay is also available from Roche Diagnostics for a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Dasgupta A,Davis B,Chow L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diverse and circumstantial evidence suggests that schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Genes contributing to neurodevelopment may be potential candidates for schizophrenia. The human SOX11 gene is a member of the developmentally essential SOX (Sry-related HMG box) transcription factor gene family ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sun CP,Sun D,Luan ZL,Dai X,Bie X,Ming WH,Sun XW,Huo XX,Lu TL,Zhang D

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities are a group of serious birth defects associated with high rates of stillbirths, infant death, or abnormal development, and various disease-causing copy number variations play a much more important role in the etiology of CNS abnormalities. This study intends to pres...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Song T,Xu Y,Li Y,Jia L,Zheng J,Dang Y,Wan S,Zheng Y,Zhang J,Yang H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elevation of chylomicrons and chylomicron remnants in plasma would lead to hyperlipidemia and other complications. Apo B-48, which is translated and produced in the adult intestine from the same gene as Apo B-100, is considered to be an essential component of chylomicrons and chylomicron remnants. Using a peptide ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Uchida Y,Kurano Y,Ito S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a fully automated reticulocyte counter, the roles of the reticulocyte count with maturation in pancytopenia were evaluated. Different groups of pancytopenia including aplastic anemia, infiltrative marrow disorder, hypersplenism, and megaloblastic anemia were recruited. All patients had bone marrow examinations f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lin CK,Hsu HC,Chau WK,Jiang ML,Chiu CF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown elevated serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC). The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic usefulness of pretreatment serum levels of IL-6 and CRP to differentiate between PC and chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Mroczko B,Groblewska M,Gryko M,Kedra B,Szmitkowski M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated a new latex nephelometric test for the quantitation of myoglobin in human serum. The assay consists of incubating the diluted serum sample (20-fold) for 12 min at room temperature with latex particles covalently coated with anti-myoglobin antibodies and then quantifying the change of light-scatter pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Borque L,Rus A,Ruiz R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a recognized biomarker for the assessment of cerebral injury in neurological disorders. This study aims to report a definitive assessment of the biological variation (BV) components of this biomarker, including within-subject BV (CVI), between-subject BV (CVG), index of indiv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Matyar S,Goruroglu Ozturk O,Ziyanoglu Karacor E,Yuzbasioglu Ariyurek S,Sahin G,Kibar F,Yaman A,Inal T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid peptide is thought to play a critical role in neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease (AD), most likely through oxidative stress. Free radical-related injury leads to DNA breaks, which subsequently activates the repair enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1). In this study, the relationship between genetic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Liu HP,Lin WY,Wu BT,Liu SH,Wang WF,Tsai CH,Lee CC,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to explore the correlations of long non-coding RNA MALAT1 (lncRNA MALAT1) and its targets microRNA (miR)-125b, miR-133, miR-146a, and miR-203 with acute exacerbation risk, inflammation, and disease severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS:Plasma samples were obtained ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Liu S,Liu M,Dong L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate whether the use of acid citrate dextrose (ACD) Formula A may enhance the survival of platelets during storage, thus allowing the continuance of platelet studies over the period of 2-3 hours usually recommended. For this purpose the effects of time on in vitro platelet respons...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Pignatelli P,Pulcinelli FM,Ciatti F,Pesciotti M,Ferroni P,Gazzaniga PP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of the synthetic glucocorticoid hormone dexamethasone (DXM) on HSV replication was studied in a DXM receptor-positive mouse neuroblastoma (NB) cell line. In cells treated with 10(-7) M DXM and then infected with HSV, there was a statistically significant 9-18-fold increase in the amount of vi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sawiris GP,Sydiskis RJ,Bashirelahi N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurofilaments are the major cytoskeletal components of neurons, and cell injury leads to their release into the surrounding area. The aim of this study was to compare the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum (S) concentrations of neurofilament light chains (NFLs) and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kušnierová P,Zeman D,Hradílek P,Čábal M,Zapletalová O

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DRI cotinine assay is suitable only for screening for cotinine in urine specimens. We studied the reliability of DRI cotinine semiquantitative values by comparing them with the cotinine concentration obtained with a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. METHODS:Semiquantitative c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Dixon RB,Dasgupta A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delta neutrophil index (DNI) is a new inflammatory marker and the present study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the DNI for the presence of a perforation in elderly with acute appendicitis. METHODS:This retrospective observational study was conducted on 108 consecutive elderly patients (≥65 years ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Shin DH,Cho YS,Kim YS,Ahn HC,Oh YT,Park SO,Won MH,Cho JH,Kim YM,Seo JY,Lee YH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Red cell distribution width (RDW) and mean platelet volume (MPV) are considered to be associated with tumors. We investigated the diagnostic value of RDW, MPV, and cancer antigen 125 (CA125), alone or in combination, in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer and endometrial hyperplasia. METHODS:This study incl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zhang H,Liang K,Ke L,Tang S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate consistency of lymphocyte immunophenotype between labial gland and peripheral blood in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). METHODS:Seventy-one pSS patients and 35 patients with maxillofacial trauma were included in the study. Based on the ratio of CD20 to CD3 in labial gland from 7...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sun W,Zhang N,Zhang Y,Shao Z,Gong L,Wei W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli are seldom demonstrated in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) by conventional bacteriological methods. In this study, an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to detect IgG against four mycobacterial recombinant antigens (ESAT-6, PlcA, HspX and Tb8.4) in 69...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sumi S,Radhakrishnan VV

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the Technicon DPA-1 immunoassay analyzer on its analytical characteristics. Therefore we studied three assays: albumin in cerebrospinal fluid and IgG and transferrin in serum. When tested with the Cusum test for linearity albumin, IgG, and transferrin measurements showed no deviation from linearity. Close...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： van Rijn JL,van Landeghem AA,Goldschmidt HM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the effects of pneumatic tube system (PTS) transport rates and distances on routine hematology and coagulation analysis. PTS effects on centrifuged blood samples were also examined. METHOD:The study was completed at Dicle University Hospital, which has the longest pneumatic tube system in Turke...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Evliyaoğlu O,Toprak G,Tekin A,Başarali MK,Kilinç C,Colpan L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens (ANCA) targeted toward granule enzymes have been recognized as a valuable diagnostic tool in the detection of Wegener's granulomatosis and systemic vasculitides. However, the most commonly used method of detection, the indirect immunofluorescence assay, is prone to false-p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Streicher J,Fabian B,Herkner K,Pointner H,Bayer PM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00