Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) plays a role in inflammatory reactions. Soluble RAGE (sRAGE) level is elevated in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, which clinical parameters and inflammatory biomarkers including sRAGE are associated with death in ARDS patients remain unknown. DESIGN AND METHODS:We examined whether sRAGE level was independently associated with death in 20 ARDS patients with severe infection. RESULTS:Compared with age- and sex-matched control subjects, blood pressure levels were lower and KL-6, high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), interleukin-6 and sRAGE levels were higher in ARDS patients. In multivariate analysis, sRAGE was associated with death in ARDS patients, but severity of illness was not. HMGB1 was a sole independent correlate of sRAGE. CONCLUSIONS:This study demonstrated that sRAGE was independently associated with death in ARDS patients. Our present results suggest active involvement of HMGB1-RAGE axis in poor prognosis of ARDS.
journal_name
Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Nakamura T,Sato E,Fujiwara N,Kawagoe Y,Maeda S,Yamagishi Sdoi
10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.12.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-06-01 00:00:00pages
601-4issue
8-9eissn
0009-9120issn
1873-2933pii
S0009-9120(10)00529-1journal_volume
44pub_type
杂志文章abstract::An ion-exchange chromatographic procedure is described which facilitates the determination of beta-chain aminoterminal modified glycated hemoglobin. The procedure includes an erythrocyte lysis reagent which eliminates the labile aldimine component (pre-A1c) and a two-stage elution step which separates HbA, 1a + b from...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(85)80020-5
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a widely used and clinically valuable marker for prostate disease. In order to enable the development of new PSA assays and progress the understanding of the biology of PSA we have analyzed PSA in seminal plasma. DESIGN AND METHODS:PSA in seminal plasma from men attending ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.11.018
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to examine the long-term effect of commonly used whole soy foods (soy flour) and purified daidzein (one major isoflavone and the precursor of equol) on renal function among prehypertensive postmenopausal women who are also equol producers, a population most likely to benefit from soy...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.05.054
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::New methods were developed for the separation of major lipid classes varying in polarity from cholesterol esters to lysophosphatidylcholine. The methods were used for the analysis of extracts obtained from human sera. The lipids were separated by overpressured thin-layer chromatography, classical thin-layer chromatogr...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(88)80092-4
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To identify independent predictors of serum butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activity and examine its relationship with the metabolic syndrome. DESIGN AND METHODS:Serum BuChE activity was measured and metabolic syndrome risk factors were assessed in 1097 healthy subjects recruited from the Newfoundland adult po...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.04.008
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cyclosporine A (CsA) represents one of the more important therapeutic advances in the field of kidney transplantation. However, its effectiveness is limited by serious side effects, most notably nephrotoxicity. Investigation of the mechanisms of CsA-induced renal dysfunction has been hampered by the lack of a suitable...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(91)90357-k
更新日期:1991-02-01 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
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.08.001
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00274-6
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Creatine kinase (CK) isoenzymes were determined on 15 patients undergoing open heart surgery with bypass. The study was performed to examine the relationship between the hypothermia under which the surgery is conducted and the appearance of CK isoenzymes in the serum both during and after surgery. All patients showed ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(82)96822-9
更新日期:1982-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Inherited and acquired changes in pre-mRNA splicing have been documented to play a significant role in human disease development and many cancer-associated genes are regulated by alternative splicing. Loss of fidelity, variation of the splicing process, even controlled switching to specific splicing alternatives may o...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.05.015
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Glycosylation analysis provides many opportunities for diagnostics, but its complexity hampers its routine application. Aiming to alleviate this problem, we developed a simple assay that can measure sialylation of transferrin directly from serum. DESIGN AND METHODS:Transferrin samples with different levels ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.01.010
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Characterization of beta-galactosidase in leukocytes and fibroblasts of heterozygotes for GM1 type I. DESIGN AND METHODS:Leukocyte and fibroblast beta-galactosidase activity was determined fluorimetrically using 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactoside as an artificial substrate. Optimum pH, Km, Vmax and the...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(00)00049-7
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Multiplexing technologies based on the use of microspheres as the solid phase have opened new possibilities for the analysis of autoantibodies. As an alternative to the traditional immunoassays, it is possible to use these methods in combination with flow cytometry for simultaneous measurement of anti-thyroi...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.08.004
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Measurement of serotonin concentrations in blood is considered to be important for the clinical studies of diseases involving vascular endothelial injury. We have developed a high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for measurement of serotonin level in platelet-poor plasma (PPP). METHODS:Venou...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2003.11.009
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Plasminogen activators (PAs) are specific proteolytic enzymes which convert the inactive proenzyme plasminogen to plasmin. The plasmin formed is a potent and nonspecific protease which cleaves blood fibrin clots and several other extracellular proteins. In addition to their primary role in the initiation of fibrinolys...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(90)90601-p
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A high pressure liquid chromatographic method for the determination of hydrochlorothiazide in serum has been elaborated and verified in a blood level study in normal individuals given a single oral dose of 50 mg hydrochlorothiazide. Based on 5 ml of serum, the limit of detection of the method is 2 ng/ml. ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(78)90434-4
更新日期:1978-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The circulating lipoproteins may cause some abnormalities in platelet composition and function in hypercholesterolemia. The aim of this study was to investigate whether platelet apoptosis, platelet activation, platelet aggregation, platelet-leukocyte aggregate (PLA) formation and lipid peroxidation occur sim...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.09.005
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We aimed to establish correlations for the levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estrone (E1) and estradiol (E2) between urine and serum in premenopausal and postmenopausal women using immunoassays. METHODS:In this study of 92 women (61 postmenopausal, 31 premenopausal), both urine and blood specimen...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.08.009
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Drug therapy may produce toxicity. Patient individuality or drug interactions account for many cases of poisoning, but other factors such as genetic predisposition, drug contamination or human error are also known causes. Examples of various types of drug poisoning are given, illustrating the role of the clinical chem...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(90)90507-q
更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The availability of reference intervals is essential for physicians to interpret laboratory results. Most of our laboratory reference intervals are derived from data on the foreign population. We have studied the reference intervals of 24 common laboratory biochemical tests in an apparently healthy adult Han...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.06.022
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.09.113
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Plasma retinol-binding protein (RBP) has been linked to insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk, yet little is know of its natural variation in plasma. We examined this in normal subjects and compared plasma levels and variability in lean subjects and subjects with the metabolic syndrome. METHODS:We esta...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.03.021
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To explore the impact of response to interferon and ribavirin antiviral therapy on human growth hormone (hGH) levels in Egyptian chronic hepatitis C genotype-4 infected patients. DESIGN AND METHODS:We studied eighty Egyptian HCV infected patients visiting outpatient clinics of Tropical Medicine and Hepatolo...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.08.1145
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a systematic parametric method for resolving age-related reference intervals based on differential-polynomial regression analysis. Application of this method to plasma zinc concentrations in a childhood population results in a third degree polynomial expression from which two statistically independent age-r...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(79)90056-0
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To characterize the lipid-related atherogenic risk factors in iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) patients. DESIGN AND METHODS:Twenty IDA women were compared to healthy age-matched controls. Lipoprotein profile, cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), paraoxonase (PON) 1 and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.10.003
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate unusual free thyroxine (FT4) responses to T4 replacement doses in a hypothyroid patient with familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (FDH). METHODS:In this FDH hypothyroid patient, serum FT4 concentration by equilibrium dialysis and T4, triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroid stimulating hormone ...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(95)02016-0
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::57Co-cyanocobalamin is substituted for iodine labeled antigen in three commercially available solid phase radioimmunoassay kits to evaluate the extent of non-specific binding by determination of the supernatant and residual fraction of unbound ligand and thus obtain a value for corrected binding throughout the range o...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(78)90070-x
更新日期:1978-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To compare the circulating levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1, TIMP-2, and the MMP-9/TIMP-1 and MMP-2/TIMP-2 ratios in preeclampsia and gestational hypertension with those found in normotensive pregnancies. DESIGN AND METHODS:We studied 83 preg...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.04.015
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The ratio of glycated albumin to HbA1c (GA/HbA1c ratio) is a known indicator that reflects fluctuations in plasma glucose. In this study, the association of the GA/HbA1c ratio to diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes was investigated. DESIGN AND METHODS:Among patient...
journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.11.032
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00