Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether the STK15 mRNA expression correlates with clinicopathologic features and the prognosis of HCC patients. DESIGN AND METHODS:Three hepatoma cell lines, two normal liver epithelial cell lines, hepatoma tissues, adjacent tumor tissues and normal liver tissues were obtained from 46 HCC patients. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR assays were performed to detect the expression of STK15 mRNA in above cell lines and tissues. Moreover, the expression of STK15 protein in hepatoma tissues, adjacent tumor tissues and normal liver tissues was also examined by immunohistochemical staining. Finally, correlations between STK15 mRNA expression and the clinicopathological features and prognosis of HCC patients were evaluated. RESULTS:STK15 mRNA showed higher levels in hepatoma cell lines than in normal liver epithelial cell lines. Moreover, the mean levels of STK15 mRNA and protein expression showed statistical difference between tumor tissues, tumor adjacent tissues and normal liver tissues (P<0.01). By immunohistochemical analysis, we found that paraffin-embedded archival HCC tissues showed higher expression of STK15 than adjacent tumors and normal liver tissues. Furthermore, HCC patients with higher STK15 mRNA expression showed poorer prognosis than those with lower STK15 mRNA expression. The high level of STK15 mRNA expression was significantly correlated with tumor stage (P=0.0081), more frequent lymph node (P=0.0380) or hematogenous metastasis (P=0.0066), and a higher incidence of cancer-related death (P=0.0083). Furthermore, the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates of HCC patients with higher STK15 mRNA expression group (47.6% and 52.7%) were significantly lower than those of patients with low STK15 mRNA expression group (56.9% and 68.8%, P=0.0018 and 0.0047). CONCLUSIONS:STK15 mRNA might be a good marker for predicting the prognosis of HCC patients.
journal_name
Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Wang R,Wang JH,Chu XY,Geng HC,Chen LBdoi
10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.01.023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-05-01 00:00:00pages
641-7issue
7-8eissn
0009-9120issn
1873-2933pii
S0009-9120(09)00080-0journal_volume
42pub_type
杂志文章abstract:INTRODUCTION:Bisalbuminemia is a genetic condition in which an albumin variant is found in serum in addition to normal albumin. METHODS AND MATERIALS:Serum protein electrophoresis using the Sebia HYDRASYS electrophoresis system was performed on an 84 year old male. RESULTS:Serum protein electrophoresis showed a singl...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.10.005
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Behçet's disease is a multisystem disorder characterized by a chronic inflammation including acute attacks and remission periods. Decreased enzyme activity of the antioxidant system and increased levels of free radicals may have important roles in the damage of tissues observed in the disease period. In addi...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00290-4
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Erythrocyte pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase (Pyr-5'-N) is highly sensitive to heavy metal inactivation in vitro and in vivo, and a number of studies have verified its usefulness as a biomarker of acute and chronic lead exposures. Retrospective and prospective studies attempted to determine whether the known linear...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(99)00003-x
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Vitamin B12 insufficiency/deficiency is common in mixed patient populations. However there is no single marker which can reliably diagnose B12 insufficiency/deficiency. Elevated concentrations of methylmalonic acid (MMA) are considered the most representative marker of metabolic vitamin B12 insufficiency, bu...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.08.006
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The use of iodinated contrast media has grown in popularity in the past two decades, but relatively little attention has been paid to the possible interferential effects of contrast media on laboratory test results. Herein, we investigate medical contrast media interference with routine chemistry results obt...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.02.023
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Oxidative stress plays a role in the pathogenesis in patients with HCV infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate oxidant and antioxidant biomarkers in patients with HCV. DESIGN AND METHODS:Serum malonaldehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels and the activities of myeloperoxidase (MPO), aryles...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.06.007
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a predictor of mortality in critically ill patients. Our objective was to investigate the association between the RDW at ICU discharge and the risk of ICU readmission or unexpected death in the ward. METHODS:A secondary analysis of prospectively collected data stud...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.03.010
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The paraoxonases (PON1, PON2 and PON3) are an enzyme family with a high structural homology. All of them have lactonase activity and degrade lipid peroxides in lipoproteins and cells. As such, they play a role in protection against oxidation and inflammation. Infectious diseases are often associated with oxidative str...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.04.016
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We describe a quality assurance procedure to maximize the value of oligonucleotide microarray expression profiles. DESIGN, METHODS, AND RESULTS:Background microarray noise was 82.2+/-54.5 and 51.8+/-12.4 units, respectively, before and after enacting the program (P<0.0001). We also noted improved concordanc...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.04.010
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Post-transplant ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI), secondary to ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI), is a major problem influencing on the short and long term graft and patient survival. Many molecular and cellular modifications are observed during IRI, for example, tissue damage result production of reactive oxygen sp...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.03.022
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We developed assays for measurement of urinary betaLH and betaFSH under collection and storage conditions typical of non-clinical research settings. DESIGN AND METHODS:IEMAs for free betaLH and total betaFSH were validated by standard methods. Stability of urinary betaLH and betaFSH was tested across freeze-...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.08.009
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Develop a simple LC-MS-MS method for determination of 25-hydroxymetabolites of vitamin D2 and D3 in serum. DESIGN AND METHODS:0.1 mL serum was mixed with 0.3 mL deproteinizing mixture containing two deuterated internal standards. Two LC-MS-MS systems were used: Waters Premier with an ESI source and a Hypersi...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.08.1134
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) is recommended to screen for primary aldosteronism (PA) in hypertension. We estimated fully automated chemiluminescence immunoassays (CLIA) for plasma aldosterone concentrations (PAC) and plasma direct renin concentrations (PRC) and investigated their reference intervals in ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.04.016
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The recently developed fluorescent immunoassay (FIA) for measuring serum carbamazepine concentration is compared to the established enzyme-multiplied-immunoassay-technique (EMIT). The Accuracy, precision and simplicity of these methods are comparable. The sensitivity of FIA is approximately eight times greater than th...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(82)96854-0
更新日期:1982-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:All patients who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) experience some degree of ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). Severe IRI-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in approximately 1-2% of patients undergoing CPB. Previous studies using activity-based protein profiling of urine identified group XV phospho...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.12.003
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To compare the accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) in early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) using standard cut-off values and a multilevel probabilistic approach. DESIGN AND METHODS:A retrospective study of PCT was performed in 149 newborns at risk of EOS, including preterm or prolonged rupture of membranes, chorio...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.05.015
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present study was to establish the range of chitotriosidase (CT) activity in normal individuals, patients with Gaucher disease (GD) and Niemann-Pick disease (NPD), types A or B. The kinetics of CT in these three groups was also investigated. DESIGN AND METHODS:CT activity, as well as Km, Vmax...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.06.008
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Retrospective analysis of DNA from paraffin-embedded fixed bone marrow biopsy specimens is possible if preceded by amplification of the DNA sequences of interest by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). These fixed specimens yield degraded DNA that may not be suitable for direct analysis by conventional digestion and h...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(92)80051-h
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Given that both insufficient and excess maternal iodine have adverse consequences such as poor cognitive performance, delayed physical development and increased fetal and infant mortality, the determination of maternal iodine status is very important. In this study, we established and verified a method invol...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.03.009
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The USA hCG Reference Service has been dealing with cases of persistent low levels of hCG and gestational trophoblastic diseases for 10years. Here we present the complete experience. METHODS:Total hCG in serum and urine was measured using the Siemen's Immulite 1000 assay. Hyperglycosylated hCG, nicked hCG...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.05.006
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to measure the extent of lipid peroxidation and the status of antioxidants in patients with Hodgkin's disease. DESIGN AND METHODS:Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, and malondialdehyde (MDA), selenium, zinc and copper content have been measu...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(00)00062-x
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The recently emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread all over the world rapidly and caused a global pandemic. To prevent the virus from spreading to more individuals, it is of great importance to identify and isolate infected individuals through testing. Reverse transcription-quanti...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.12.011
更新日期:2021-01-09 00:00:00
abstract::To elucidate the diagnostic relevance of biliary conjugated bilirubin, biliary bilirubin from normal volunteers (NV), patients with Gilbert's syndrome (GS) and Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II (C-N II), and from various rat strains was fractionated. Biliary bilirubin diglucuronide (BDG) was present at lower levels, and...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(90)80024-d
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Modern serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) resolves serum proteins in 6 major fractions, splitting beta (B) into beta1 (B1) and beta2 (B2). Beta-migrating monoclonal immunoglobulins (B-MC) commonly integrate into normal-looking peak shape(s) but may increase the fraction value, forming the basis for reflex t...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.01.021
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:An increased level of serum vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) has been found in patients with diabetes mellitus and vascular disorders. This study examined whether serum VAP-1 levels are associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). DESIGN AND METHODS:We included 262 subjects aged 30 and above with fastin...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.06.019
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The gold standard test for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection is bacterial culture. However, urine cultures are labor intensive and costly. Furthermore, since results take 1-2 days many patients are treated presumptively prior to culture results being known. METHODS:We evaluated the Sysmex UF-1000i fo...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.03.005
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between BiliChek TcB (Respironics, Marietta GA) and Doumas reference serum or plasma total bilirubin (TSB). DESIGN AND METHODS:Pooled samples with values assigned by the Doumas reference method were used to establish the relationship between a local laboratory and reference Dou...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.04.065
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We propose a simple way to reliably rank assays for improvement according to patient risk, based solely on EQA imprecision and biological variation data. Because the underlying technique aligns the imprecision class of an assay from EQA data, peer performance can be used to assess achievable imprecision and ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.01.014
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::In hepatobiliary disease, the level of bile acids in the peripheral circulation is greatly increased due to impaired liver function. It has been suggested that serum bile acids are of greater value in confirming hepatobiliary dysfunction than the currently assayed conventional biochemical parameters. Fifty patients wi...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(81)91052-3
更新日期:1981-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Quantitative sweat production and -ionic composition in Essential Hyperhidrosis (EH), and the effects of T2-T3 thoracoscopic sympathicolysis (TS) hereon, are unknown. Standardised pilocarpine iontophoresis sweat tests were performed before and after TS in order to study these issues. DESIGN AND METHODS:Piloc...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(96)00165-8
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00