Diagnostic significance of humoral immune responses to recombinant antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with pleural tuberculosis.

abstract：:Congenital hypoplastic anemias are a rare and heterogeneous group of disorders. This paper reviews new molecular diagnostic tests in two distinct forms of congenital anemias, anemia due to transplacental infection with B19 parvovirus and Fanconi anemia. In both instances, molecular assays making use of amplification o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Auerbach AD,Verlander PC,Brown KE,Liu JM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed enzyme immunoassays for human anti-Pichia pastoris components (PPC) IgG and anti-PPC IgE antibody titers. Anti-PPC IgG antibody assay were performed using antigen-coated plate and anti-human IgG peroxidase conjugate. The intra- and interassay coefficients of variation (CV) of anti-PPC IgG antibody were 1....

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ohtani W,Kobayashi K,Ohmura T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoassay (RIA) that involves purification of the analyte by organic solvent extraction is widely used. Although the extraction RIA is reliable when properly validated, it is time consuming and radioactive, we measure urinary total testosterone with a highly sensitive rapid and accurate time-resolved fluorescen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Bao S,Peng Y,Sheng S,Lin Q

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxocariasis is the clinical term that is applied to infection in the human host with Toxocara species larvae. Serological tests are important tools for the diagnosis of toxocariasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the excretory-secretory (ES) antigens of T. cati larvae using enzyme-linked immunosorbe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zibaei M,Sadjjadi SM,Sarkari B,Uga S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standards play an important role in detection of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene (FG) transcript. However, the standards widely used in laboratories are mainly based on plasmids or cDNA, which cannot accurately reflect the process of RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis. Therefore, we aimed to develop armored RNA-base...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Fu Y,Zhang R,Wu Q,Zhang J,Bao L,Li J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that sample storage may have some influence on the parameters of oxidative stress status (OSS) in biological fluids. We measured four important OSS parameters in plasma of 23 healthy subjects and repeated the measurements in the same samples kept at -70 degrees C after different time intervals. Hy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Firuzi O,Mladenka P,Riccieri V,Spadaro A,Petrucci R,Marrosu G,Saso L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric carcinoma (GC) is a familiar carcinoma and serious threat to human health. We investigated the efficacy and mechanism of circular RNA hsa_circ_0001649 on the growth, migration, and invasion of GC cells. METHODS:microRNA (miR)-20a and hsa_circ_0001649 expression was investigated by RT-qPCR and was ch...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sun H,Wang Q,Yuan G,Quan J,Dong D,Lun Y,Sun B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood gas analysis and blood lactate measurement have important roles in patient management. Point-of-care (POC) testing simplifies and provides rapid blood gas and lactate measurements. This study aimed to compare pH, pCO2 , pO2 , and lactate measurements between a POC device and a benchtop blood gas analyz...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Indrasari ND,Wonohutomo JP,Sukartini N

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study evaluated the impact of interferences on the analytical specificity of three commercial and commonly used creatinine methods (two Jaffe and one enzymatic). METHODS:Manufacturer creatinine methods plus modified methods were tested with the following interferences: spiking serum with bilirubin, albu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Srisawasdi P,Chaichanajarernkul U,Teerakanjana N,Vanavanan S,Kroll MH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic role of immune-mediated mechanisms in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we report different cytokine expression profiles from hemodialysis (HD) and non-HD HCV (+) patients. IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and TGF-beta1 serum levels, and liver bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Spanakis NE,Garinis GA,Alexopoulos EC,Patrinos GP,Menounos PG,Sklavounou A,Manolis EN,Gorgoulis VG,Valis D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-acrocentric satellited chromosomes mostly result from familial balanced insertions or translocations with p12 or p13 of any acrocentric. Although all non-acrocentrics have been involved, only 12 instances of chromosome 6 involvement are known. CASE PRESENTATION:A female infant exhibited clinical feature...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Domínguez MG,Rivera H,Dávalos-Pulido RM,Dávalos-Rodríguez IP

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though recent reports have indicated a higher prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in laboratory personnel than in other healthcare workers, these studies included only a limited number of laboratory personnel. METHODS:We have thus focused on the laboratory personnel, who had a high level of e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Moon HW,Kim H,Hur M,Yun YM,Lee A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and BNP measurement could have a significant role in differentiating dyspnea between cardiac or pulmonary origin in the emergency room. The development of new and different commercial assays for these B-type natriuretic peptides offers the possibility of improving a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sanz MP,Borque L,Rus A,Vicente B,Ramírez Y,Lasa L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study the role of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)-mediated inflammation in coronary slow flow (CSF) and coronary arteriosclerosis. METHODS:Patients were divided into acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stable angina pectoris (SAP), CSF, an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Huang J,Yang Q,He L,Huang J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a diagnosis of infectious diseases is essential for timely treatment, the performance of diagnostic tests has been hardly evaluated due to variable results that are influenced by multiple factors in different conditions. In the present study, the performance of the Alinity i system, which is a newly...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Nam M,Song DY,Song SH,Roh EY,Shin S,Park KU,Song EY

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It is believed that boundary compositions of matrix proteins might play a role in stone formation; however, few proteomic studies concerning matrix proteins in urinary stones have been conducted. In this study, we extracted low molecular weight proteins from calcium oxalate stones and measured their characteristic pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen WC,Lai CC,Tsai Y,Lin WY,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the global mortality diseases and has a poor prognosis due to the lack of ideal tumor biomarkers. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are an abundant kind of endogenous RNAs that recently are found play a crucial role in the cancer occurrence and development. Nevertheless, little is known ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yu X,Ding H,Yang L,Yu Y,Zhou J,Yan Z,Guo J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian External Quality Assessment Program in Immunohematology (BEQAPI) was introduced with the objective of evaluating the quality of diagnosis in immunohematology. From 1992 to 2003, proficiency tests for ABO grouping, Rh (D, C, c, E, e), K phenotyping, direct antiglobulin testing (DAT), antibody screening (A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Melo L,Pellegrino J Jr,Bianco C,Castilho L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental and clinical effectiveness of nasal salmon calcitonin (SCT) for treatment of osteoporosis in humans has been well established, but none is known yet about the pharmacokinetic property in relation to therapeutic efficacy, especially when used in a therapeutic dose range. This preclinical study was desi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Nakamuta H,Kohno T,Ichikawa M,Hoshino T,Watabe K,Koida M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin F (HbF) is an effective inhibitor of HbS polymerization. Hydroxyurea (HU) is used to increase HbF synthesis and improve the clinical course of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. We studied a series of laboratory parameters concerning HbF production and reticulocyte response, and compared data between two g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Borba R,Lima CS,Grotto HZ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dried blood spots (DBS) are an important form of bio-sampling and valuable approach for storing blood samples for genetic studies. This has necessitated in developing an effective protocol to isolate genomic DNA (gDNA) from DBS samples.In this study, we have elucidated a dependable and non-hazardous "single ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Shaik M,Shivanna DK,Kamate M,Ab V,Tp KV

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was aimed to investigate whether measurement of free testosterone and cortisol in saliva is a reliable alternative to their assessment in serum for monitoring physical fitness in professional athletes. METHODS:We studied 25 members of the soccer team Parma F.C., playing in Italian major football ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lippi G,Dipalo M,Buonocore R,Gnocchi C,Aloe R,Delsignore R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is primarily caused by atherosclerosis of coronary arteries. It is largely an inflammatory disease of the vascular wall. The inflammation is related to DNA methylation. Angiopoietin-like protein 2 (ANGPTL2) has various functions in several chronic inflammatory diseases. Macrophag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zhou J,Chen L,Yang X,Huang X,Wang Z,Peng P,Lian J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A more sensitive and simpler immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay for antithyroglobulin IgG in serum and its use for the measurement of antithyroglobulin IgG in healthy subjects and patients with thyroid diseases are described. Antithyroglobulin IgG in test serum was reacted simultaneously with dinitrophenylthyr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kohno T,Mitsukawa T,Matsukura S,Tsunetoshi Y,Ishikawa E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 103 patients seen in our Prostate Cancer Detection Clinic to determine whether a correlation exists between serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values and ultrasound-calculated prostate gland volume. Seventy men (68%) had a PSA value less than or equal to 4 ng/ml (our upper limit of normal). The men were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Babaian RJ,Fritsche HA,Evans RB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive enzyme immunoassay (immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay) for (anti-human T-cell leukemia virus type I) IgG (anti-HTLV-I IgG) in serum using recombinant gag p24(14-214) of HTLV-I is described. The recombinant gag p24(14-214) is soluble in the absence of detergents and allows the use of enzymes other ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kohno T,Hirota K,Sakoda I,Yamasaki M,Yokoo Y,Ishikawa E

更新日期：1992-01-01 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:Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is one of the major infectious diseases in which CD4+ T helper (Th) cells play a crucial role. Th9 cells are a distinct subset of CD4+ Th cells with important physiological functions. OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to assess the potential involvement of Th9 cells in the inadequate immun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Cui M,Lv Y,Lu J,Zhang W,Duan Y,Huang Y,Yang L,Li M,Liu W,Liu D,Yan H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sex-determining region Y-box 30 (SOX30) suppresses progression of several cancers, whereas its role in breast cancer is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to determine the correlation of SOX30 with tumor characteristics and prognosis in breast cancer patients. METHODS:The tumor samples of 510 breast cancer patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Peng H,Luo Y,Wu J,Yin W

更新日期：2020-06-01 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