Lack of association of the alpha-1-antitrypsin PIZ allele with rheumatoid arthritis or with its extra articular complications.

abstract：:Deficiency alleles at the C4 loci within the MHC are associated with autoimmune diseases in Caucasoids and possibly other races. We therefore studied the relationship between relevant C4 alleles and other MHC markers in a random Thai/Chinese population. Over 90 per cent of C4AQO occurs within two supratypes (HLA Aw33,...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kay PH,Grimsley G,Dawkins RL,Charoenwong P

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymph node (LN) metastasis was an independent risk factor for stomach cancer recurrence, and the presence of LN metastasis has great influence on the overall survival of stomach cancer patients. Thus, accurate prediction of the presence of lymph node metastasis can provide guarantee of credible prognosis eva...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wu J,Xiao Y,Xia C,Yang F,Li H,Shao Z,Lin Z,Zhao X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular work-up of thyroid nodules from fine needle aspiration samples has given clinicians a new level of diagnostic information. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the utility of molecular analysis in thyroid fine needle aspiration samples from a Chinese population. METHODS:Specimens were ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Guo HQ,Zhao H,Zhang ZH,Zhu YL,Xiao T,Pan QJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare acquired paraneoplastic disorder and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) plays a key role in its pathogenesis. This study was conducted to describe a novel FGF23 detecting procedure and describe clinical features of the disease. Fourteen TIO cases were retrieved and FGF23 exp...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hu F,Jiang C,Zhang Q,Shi H,Wei L,Wang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that the maternal risk for Down syndrome (DS) may be modulated by alterations in folate metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of 12 genetic polymorphisms involved in folate metabolism on maternal risk for DS. In addition, we evaluated the impact of these polymorphisms on se...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Zampieri BL,Biselli JM,Goloni-Bertollo EM,Vannucchi H,Carvalho VM,Cordeiro JA,Pavarino EC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To explore the impact of volume change in the fractionated tracking of stereotactic radiotherapy on the results of synchronous, respiratory tracking algorithm using CyberKnife. Methods:A total of 38 lung tumor patients receiving stereotactic radiotherapy at our center from March 2018 to October 2019 were co...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Li GQ,Wang Y,Qiu MJ,Yang J,Peng ZJ,Zhang S,Fang X,Yang SL

更新日期：2020-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related death, whose patterns vary among geographical regions and ethnicities. It is a multifactorial disease, and its development depends on infection by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), host genetic fact...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Sandoval-Bórquez A,Saavedra K,Carrasco-Avino G,Garcia-Bloj B,Fry J,Wichmann I,Corvalán AH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ T cells of patients with B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) were analysed for expression of CD45RA and CD29. It was found that CD45RA expression was significantly lower, and CD29 expression significantly higher, in lymphoma patients compared to normal controls. Moreover absolute numbers of CD4+ T cells were sign...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Sewell HF,MacKenzie RH,Dawson AA,Ratcliffe MA,King DJ,Bennett NB

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney insufficiency is a hallmark of nephropathia epidemica (NE). Little is known about the mechanisms of the NE kidney pathology, with current knowledge mainly based on findings in postmortem tissue. We have analyzed kidney damage biomarkers in urine collected from early- and late-phase NE using Bio-Plex kidney toxi...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Martynova EV,Maksudova AN,Shakirova VG,Abdulkhakov SR,Khaertynova IM,Anokhin VA,Ivanova VV,Abiola IM,Garanina EE,Tazetdinova LG,Valiullina AH,Khaiboullina SF

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the novel, noninvasive biomarkers to assess the outcome and prognosis of breast cancer (BC), patients with high sensitivity and specificity are greatly desired. Herein, the miRNA expression profile and matched clinical features of BC patients were extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. The...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Tang J,Ma W,Zeng Q,Tan J,Cao K,Luo L

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A major subtype of childhood lymphoblastic leukemia has been previously defined on the basis of expression of a cell surface marker referred to as the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen. In this study we provide evidence that leukemic cells from most of the patients with common acute lymphoblastic leukemia co...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hanash SM,Kuick R,Nichols D,Stoolman L

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of pro-fibrogenic cytokines in the outcome of infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the response to treatment with pegylated interferon-alpha (pegIFNalpha) and ribavirin remains unclear. To address this issue, we assessed hepatic fibrosis and plasma markers pertinent to T-cell mediated fibrogenesis and ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lee S,Varano J,Flexman JP,Cheng W,Watson MW,Rossi E,Adams LA,Bulsara M,Price P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some studies have suggested a relation of plasma fibrinogen to the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, whether plasma fibrinogen can predict the presence and severity of CAD in patients with diabetes mellitus has not been determined. METHODS:A total of consecutive 373 diabetic patients with ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hong LF,Li XL,Luo SH,Guo YL,Zhu CG,Qing P,Wu NQ,Li JJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GROβ (CXCL2) is a chemokine produced by endotoxin-treated macrophages that mediates inflammation and tumor development. However, little is known about GROβ expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) or the relationship between GROβ expression and clinical attributes of GIST. GROβ expression was examined via ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Zhao H,Zhu H,Jin Q,Zhang S,Wang W,Wang D,Huang J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Several serum markers were reported to reflect the severity of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). The aim of this study is to investigate a reliable and facile marker to access and monitor the clinical course of PAP in a large cohort. Methods:PAP patients from January 2010 to June 2018 were enrolled. Hosp...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Shi S,Chen L,Qiu X,Zhao Q,Xiao Y,Yan X

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：Materials and Methods:Relative expression of lncRNAs CARMN, LUCAT1, SMILR, and MALAT1 was tested in clinical aortic tissue and blood plasma samples from TAA and non-TAA patients using the qRT-PCR method. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare ΔCt values between the study groups. ROC curve analysis was performed to...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Patamsytė V,Žukovas G,Gečys D,Žaliaduonytė D,Jakuška P,Benetis R,Lesauskaitė V

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a known risk factor in the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The HBV-encoded X protein, HBx, has been investigated for properties that may explain its cancer cofactor role in transgenic mouse lines. We discuss here recent data showing that HBx is...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Madden CR,Slagle BL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The pathogenesis of thoracic aortopathy is complex, and much evidence suggests the influence of genetic factors. Some genes with polymorphisms are widely considered critical factors in the initiation and development of aortic aneurysm. The aim of our study was to analyze the association of genetic polymorphi...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Gorący I,Grudniewicz S,Safranow K,Ciechanowicz A,Jakubiszyn P,Gorący A,Brykczyński M

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experiments have shown that when specific biomolecular interactions are confined to one surface of a microcantilever beam, changes in intermolecular nanomechanical forces provide sufficient differential torque to bend the cantilever beam. This has been used to detect single base pair mismatches during DNA hybri...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Majumdar A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) activity is suggested to be altered in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1). We investigated PON1 activity in individuals receiving different regimens of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS:PON1 activity was evaluated in 91 HIV-1 serone...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Maselli LM,da Cunha J,Gutierrez EB,Maranhão RC,Spada C,Bydlowski SP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Because B-type natriuretic peptide is a powerful predictor of heart failure, its capability to predict a fatal outcome in stroke might be limited to the cardioembolic stroke subtype. In this study, we attempt to ascertain the difference in the prognostic value of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic pep...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lee SJ,Lee DG,Lim DS,Hong S,Park JS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The impact of MMP-1 (-519A/G, -1607 1G/2G), MMP-3 Lys45Glu (A/G), MMP-7 -181A/G, and MMP-12 -82A/G variants and plasma MMP levels on obesity and microvascular reactivity in Tunisians. Methods:Our population included 202 nonobese and 168 obese subjects. Anthropometric, biochemical, and microvascular parameters wer...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Boumiza S,Bchir S,Ben Nasr H,Abbassi A,Jacob MP,Norel X,Tabka Z,Chahed K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies using the mass spectrum analysis provided evidence that fibrinopeptide A (FPA) could be a potential biomarker for schizophrenia diagnosis. We sought further to demonstrate that variants in the fibrinogen alpha chain gene (FGA) coded FPA might confer vulnerability to schizophrenia. 1,145 patients w...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Rao W,Zhou N,Zhang H,Liu R,Zhang S,Su Y,Yang G,Ma Y,Shi J,Yu Y,Yu Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly women at high risk of breast cancer are opting for prophylactic surgery to reduce their risks. Data from 10 European centres that offer a risk counselling and screening service to women at risk show different approaches to the option of preventive surgery, although most centres adhere to a protocol includ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Evans DG,Anderson E,Lalloo F,Vasen H,Beckmann M,Eccles D,Hodgson S,Møller P,Chang-Claude J,Morrison P,Stoppa-Lyonnet D,Steel M,Haites N

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to better unfold the antitumor immune response and invasion strategies perused by tumor cells, markers such as CD99 and HLA-II have been stained in breast tumors, some of them turned out to be important for prognosis and its outcome. CD99 is involved in the intracellular transport of HLA-II proteins. The...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Baccar A,Ferchichi I,Troudi W,Marrakchi R,Ben Hmida N,Jebini S,Mrad K,Ben Romdhane K,Benammar Elgaaied A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in elderly people worldwide and the major degenerative disease of the retina that leads to progressive impairment of central vision. Several polymorphisms in different genes have been proposed as factors that increase the disease susceptibili...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Barchitta M,Maugeri A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the present study is to explore the correlation between nuclear expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (p27) and clinicopathologic features in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), including patient survival. METHODS:Immunohistochemistry was used to examine the expression of p27 in 130 p...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Liu Z,Long Y,Zhang Y,Huang W,Long X,Yang H,Long J,Cheng C,Fang W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin Y (CCNY) is a novel cyclin and almost nothing is known about its role in human cancers. To investigate the clinical significance of serum anti-CCNY autoantibodies in nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), the serum levels of CCNY protein in 264 patients with NSCLC, 103 patients with tuberculosis, and 89 healthy ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Ma L,Yue W,Teng Y,Zhang L,Gu M,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:We investigated the influence of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) on IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-10, and TGF-β serum levels in failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) patients. The study will try to give new insights into the mechanism of SCS action and the role of IFN-γ and other cytokines in neuropathic pain (N...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kamieniak P,Bielewicz J,Grochowski C,Litak J,Bojarska-Junak A,Daniluk B,Trojanowski T

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：Backgrounds:Both pretreatment serum CRP (C-reactive protein) level and ALB (albumin) level have been found to be predictive of survival for multiple malignancies including sarcoma. Since both of the GPS (Glasgow prognostic score) and CAR (C-reactive protein to albumin ratio) are based on the combination of CRP and ALB,...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Fang E,Wang X,Feng J,Zhao X

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00