Impact of molecular testing in the diagnosis of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology: data from mainland China.

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：AIMS:To study the changes of the metabolic profile during the pathogenesis in monocrotaline (MCT) induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS:Forty male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 8, each). PAH rats were induced by a single dose intraperitoneal injection of 60 mg/kg MC...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lin T,Gu J,Huang C,Zheng S,Lin X,Xie L,Lin D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is highly lethal worldwide. Factors involved in the inflammation and hormone-associated signaling pathway play vital roles in EOC carcinogenesis. The transforming growth factor-β- (TGF-β-) activated kinase 1 (MAP3K7) binding protein 2 (TAB2), mediating convergence of inflammat...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Huang X,Shen C,Zhang Y,Li Q,Li K,Wang Y,Song Y,Su M,Zhou B,Wang W

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical distinction of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be difficult. In this narrative review we summarize and discuss the most relevant electroencephalography (EEG) studies which have been applied to demented patients with the aim of distinguishing the various types of cognitive im...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Nardone R,Sebastianelli L,Versace V,Saltuari L,Lochner P,Frey V,Golaszewski S,Brigo F,Trinka E,Höller Y

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical behavior of unicystic ameloblastoma varies according to its subtype. The assessment of its proliferative capacity, neovascularization, and invasiveness using relevant immunomarkers may aid in appropriate surgical therapeutic protocol. METHODS:18 cases of clinically and histologically confirmed uni...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Sah P,Menon A,Kamath A,Chandrashekar C,Carnelio S,Radhakrishnan R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing interest in the usability of saliva has been observed recently. Using saliva as a diagnostic material is possible because it contains a varied range of composites, organic and inorganic like proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, which are secreted into saliva. Moreover, this applies to drugs and their metabol...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kułak-Bejda A,Waszkiewicz N,Bejda G,Zalewska A,Maciejczyk M

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a known relationship between serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and obesity in humans, but the mechanism(s) are not clarified. This study investigated the associations between serum ALT and body composition in an overweight and obese population. The results are based on data from a previous randomized contr...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Bekkelund SI,Jorde R

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel analysis (NEPHGE) of the molecules precipitated by the HLA-DR monomorphic antibody L243 showed a single and identical alpha chain spot from two consanguineous cell lines, BM14 and MCF. The latter was derived from a rheumatoid arthritis patient. No apparent structural polymorphism of the HLA-DR beta...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Fernandez N,Labeta M,Kurpisz M,Solana R,Festenstein H

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Objective:Reduced expression of syndecan-1 (CD138), increased proliferation index, and modifications in the expression of the molecular RANK/RANKL/OPG triad are related to an intensified potential of aggressiveness and invasion of diverse tumors and cysts. The aim was to compare the expression of Ki-67, ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Brito-Mendoza L,Bologna-Molina R,Irigoyen-Camacho ME,Martinez G,Sánchez-Romero C,Mosqueda-Taylor A

更新日期：2018-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To determine the frequency of the genotype of signal transducer and activator of transcription protein 3 (STAT3) rs744166, sirtuin (SIRT1) rs12778366, fibroblast growth factor (FGFR2) rs2981582, and advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor (RAGE) rs1800625 gene polymorphisms in patients with larynge...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Uloza V,Tamauskaite T,Vilkeviciute A,Pasvenskaite A,Liutkevicius V,Liutkeviciene R

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate serum chemerin levels in patients with osteoporosis and healthy controls and to investigate the relationship between serum chemerin levels and bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS:An age- and gender-matched case-control study was conducted. Pearson's correlation test was performed to investigate ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： He J,Li JC,Xie H,Xu ZH,Sun YW,Shan Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective. To determine active TGF-β1 (aTGF-β1) levels in serum, skin, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) culture supernatants and to understand their associations with clinical parameters in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Methods. We evaluated serum samples from 56 SSc patients and 24 healthy controls (...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Dantas AT,Gonçalves SM,de Almeida AR,Gonçalves RS,Sampaio MC,Vilar KM,Pereira MC,Rêgo MJ,Pitta ID,Marques CD,Duarte AL,Pitta MG

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary oxidative stress markers represent a promising tool for monitoring of oral diseases. Saliva can often be contaminated by blood, especially in patients with periodontitis. The aim of our study was to examine the impact of blood contamination on the measurement of salivary oxidative stress markers. Saliva sampl...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kamodyová N,Baňasová L,Janšáková K,Koborová I,Tóthová Ľ,Stanko P,Celec P

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:In order to verify the role of CEA in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and to evaluate some influencing factors like age, tumor spread and liver dysfunction, this antigen was measured in the sera of 60 control subjects, 45 patients with pancreatic cancer, 37 with chronic pancreatitis, 67 with benign, an...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Basso D,Fabris C,Del Favero G,Angonese C,Meggiato T,Infantino A,Plebani M,Piccoli A,Leandro G,Burlina A

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current problems in obtaining suitable monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) for in vivo imaging and therapy can now be bypassed using protein-engineering rather than conventional hybridoma technology. Rodent antibody binding sites can be grafted onto human acceptor antibodies thus reshaping the human MoAbs into reagents with...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Verhoeyen ME,Saunders JA,Broderick EL,Eida SJ,Badley RA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the sixth most common cause of cancer deaths in women because the diagnosis occurs mostly when the disease is in its late-stage. Current diagnostic methods of EOC show only a moderate sensitivity, especially at an early-stage of the disease; hence, novel biomarkers are needed to impr...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Biskup K,Braicu EI,Sehouli J,Tauber R,Blanchard V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Liver metastasis is the final stage of cancer progression and is associated with poor prognosis. Although numerous indicators have been identified as having prognostic value for lung cancer and liver metastasis, liver metastases are still not diagnosed by imaging in many patients. To provide a more accurate met...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wang CF,Peng SJ,Liu RQ,Yu YJ,Ge QM,Liang RB,Li QY,Li B,Shao Y

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Early identification of high risk subjects for cardiovascular disease in health check-up is still unmet medical need. Cardiovascular disease is characterized by the superior increase in aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to alanine aminotransferase (ALT). However, the association of AST/ALT ratio with brain ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Yokoyama M,Watanabe T,Otaki Y,Takahashi H,Arimoto T,Shishido T,Miyamoto T,Konta T,Shibata Y,Daimon M,Ueno Y,Kato T,Kayama T,Kubota I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High recurrence rate is one representative characteristic of bladder cancer. Intravesical therapy after transurethral resection is often performed in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) to prevent recurrence. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and several anticancer/antibiotic agents, such as mitomycin...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Miyata Y,Sakai H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of MHC class I, II, and III markers in a group of southern Chinese in Hong Kong is reported. HLA antigen frequencies and complement allele frequencies are given, together with statistically significant pair-wise co-occurrences. Over half of the statistically significant positive and negative linkage disequilib...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hawkins BR,Serjeantson SW,Higgins DA

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：:The atomic force microscope (AFM) is emerging as a powerful tool in cell biology. Originally developed for high-resolution imaging purposes, the AFM also has unique capabilities as a nano-indenter to probe the dynamic viscoelastic material properties of living cells in culture. In particular, AFM elastography combines...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Costa KD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP) is a disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition of fibrillar Transthyretin (TTR) amyloid, with a special involvement of the peripheral nerve. Several extracellular matrix proteins have been found elevated in tissues from FAP patients, namely metalloproteinase-9 (MM...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Cardoso I,Brito M,Saraiva MJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma from bronchial asthma patients and healthy controls was investigated for the content of lipoxygenase products. After lipid extraction using SEP-PAK C18 Cartridges, the lipoxygenase products were measured by Enzyme-Immunoassay. Elevated chemotactic B4 was found in plasma from asthmatic patients with mean value (...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Mansour M,Farouk N,el Maragy A,Radwan I,el-Ahmady O

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarker measurements now support key decisions throughout the drug development process, from lead optimization to regulatory approvals. They are essential for documenting exposure-response relationships, specificity and potency toward the molecular target, untoward effects, and therapeutic applications. In a broader...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Swanson BN

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:It is reported that miRNAs are aberrantly expressed in patients with pancreatic cancer. However, the diagnostic value of miRNAs in pancreatic cancer remains controversial. The meta-analysis was to access diagnostic accuracy of miRNAs in pancreatic cancer. Methods:PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Chinese Nati...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Sun X,Zhou X,Zhang Y,Zhu X,Liu H

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy is diagnosed by renal biopsy, an invasive procedure with a risk of significant complications. Noninvasive approaches are needed for possible diagnostic purposes and especially for monitoring disease activity or responses to treatment. In this pilot project, we assessed the utility of urine samples as s...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Neprasova M,Maixnerova D,Novak J,Reily C,Julian BA,Boron J,Novotny P,Suchanek M,Tesar V,Kacer P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Due to its still undetermined pathogenesis, we are searching for signaling pathways that are important in the development of colorectal cancer. In this article, we present results of study on the role of ADAM proteins in colorectal cancer. The study inc...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Walkiewicz K,Strzelczyk J,Waniczek D,Biernacki K,Muc-Wierzgoń M,Copija A,Nowakowska-Zajdel E

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00