Association of promoter genetic variants in interleukin-10 and Kawasaki disease with coronary artery aneurysms.

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: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：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the serum total protein (TP), total sialic acid (TSA), lipid-associated sialic acid (LSA), LSA/TP, and LSA/TP values in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Two study groups (healthy controls and type 2 DM subjects) were examined. For the type 2 DM group, 120 patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ekin S,Meral I,Gunduz H,Mert N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic basis of infertility has received increasing recognition in recent years, particularly with the advent of assisted reproductive technology. It is now becoming obvious that genetic etiology for infertility is an important cause of disrupted spermatogenesis. Y-chromosome microdeletions and abnormal karyotype...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Abid S,Maitra A,Meherji P,Patel Z,Kadam S,Shah J,Shah R,Kulkarni V,Baburao V,Gokral J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cell-free circular RNAs (circRNAs) are stable and abundantly exist in body fluids. In this study, we aimed to investigate plasma cell-free circRNAs as a novel class of biomarkers for the diagnosis of breast cancer (BC). METHODS:Differentially expressed circRNAs from 6 normal and 6 BC plasma samples were dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hu Y,Song Q,Zhao J,Ruan J,He F,Yang X,Yu X

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease (CAD) was the second leading cause of death for the past 3 years in Taiwan. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is considered a new risk factor of CAD because investigations show that the levels and bioactivity of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 (where IGFBP is insulin-like growth factor-bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lin HL,Ueng KC,Wang HL,Chen TP,Yang SF,Chu SC,Hsieh YS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early monitoring of HCVRNA during interferon treatment may allow clinicians to obtain important information that could help them to adopt therapeutic decisions in individual cases. The hepatitis C virus infection is highly dynamic and a daily high dose of IFN may induce a decline of viremia of 95+/-10% of baseline val...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Magalini A,Puoti M,Putzolu V,Quiros-Roldan E,Forleo MA,Rossi S,Zaltron S,Spinetti A,Zanini B,Zonaro A,Solfrini R,Carosi G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron overload is a major complication in patients with hemoglobin H (Hb H) disease and causes damage of tissues. METHODS:We investigated 26 Hb H patients and 75 controls to evaluate their oxidative stress and antioxidant statuses. RESULTS:There were significantly increased levels of superoxide anion in leu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chiou SS,Tsao CJ,Tsai SM,Wu YR,Liao YM,Lin PC,Tsai LY

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Definitive detection of hemoglobin (Hb) variants requires DNA sequencing. High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplicons was applied to detect and discriminate among uncommon α-Hb variants found in Thailand. METHODS:Uncommon suspected α-Hb variants observed in Hb typing ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yimniam W,Jindadamrongwech S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past few years, interest in xenotransplantation of porcine islets of Langerhans for the future therapy of type I diabetes has increased markedly. Therefore, we established a semiautomated digestion method for isolating islets from the porcine pancreas. However, although the isolation technique was standardi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Heiser A,Ulrichs K,Müller-Ruchholtz W

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of high-molecular intestinal ALP (HIALP) overlapping with bone ALP in the alpha(2)beta region has been demonstrated. In this study we evaluated a method of separating HIALP after its conversion into ALP(5) by the action of protease. Serum samples from patients were mixed with protease at a ratio of 5:1 an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ooi K,Shiraki K,Morishita Y,Nobori T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study aimed to investigate associations of the platelet-to-white blood cell ratio (PWR)-a novel hematological indicator of inflammatory responses-with 30-day outcomes in patients with HBV-associated decompensated cirrhosis (HBV-DeCi). METHODS:We recruited 131 patients with HBV-DeCi for this retrospecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zhang J,Qiu Y,He X,Mao W,Han Z

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between genetic variations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene and the risk for atherosclerosis has been hypothesized. We aimed to assess the relationship between rs2010963 (+405 C/G) polymorphism and presence, severity, and outcome of coronary artery disease (CAD) in an Iranian...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kalayi Nia S,Ziaee S,Boroumand MA,Sotudeh Anvari M,Pourgholi L,Jalali A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The performances of the QMS(®) Teicoplanin immunoassay recently developed on Cobas(®) 6000/8000 systems were evaluated and compared to a fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) [Teicoplanin Innofluor(®) Assay (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Indianapolis, IN)] on FLX analyzer (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Dailly E,Fraissinet F,Deslandes G,Bouquié R,Jolliet P

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:β-Thalassemia is one of the most prevalent worldwide autosomal recessive disorders. It presents a great molecular heterogeneity resulting from more than 200 causative mutations in the β-globin gene. In Tunisia, β-thalassemia represents the most prevalent monogenic hemoglobin disorder with 2.21% of carriers....

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sahli CA,Ben Salem I,Jouini L,Laouini N,Dabboubi R,Hadj Fredj S,Siala H,Othmeni R,Dakhlaoui B,Fattoum S,Bibi A,Messaoud T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant levels of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are potential biomarkers in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) diagnosis and therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum exosomal miR-29a expression as a non-invasive biomarker for PTC diagnosis and prognosis. METHODS:Quantitative reverse transcripti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wen Q,Wang Y,Li X,Jin X,Wang G

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Essential hypertension (EH) is a high prevalence disease facing a public health challenge. People were little known about the genetics of diagnosing the cause of EH. Circular RNAs that have a continuous cycle of covalent closure, without affected by RNA exonuclease, and are more stable and hard to degrade may invo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Bao X,He X,Zheng S,Sun J,Luo Y,Tan R,Zhao J,Zhong F,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid assay for the pancreatic isoenzyme of human serum amylase was developed. The assay utilized an immunoabsorbent prepared by coating latex beads with a monoclonal antibody specific for pancreatic amylase. Treatment of patient serum with immunoabsorbent removed pancreatic amylase, and measurement of resid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Landt M,Hortin GL,Smith CH,Pashos G,Vaidya HC,Rosenblum JL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are strongly associated with the development of cervical carcinoma, and the distribution of HPV genotypes varies regionally. METHODS:To investigate the distribution characteristics of different genotypes of HPV infection in women in Wuhan, China, a total of 13 775 patients were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Xiang F,Guan Q,Liu X,Xiao H,Xia Q,Liu X,Sun H,Song X,Zhong Y,Yuan CH,Xiang Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze apparently discrepant results that arose during the use of an indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) assay using transfected HEp-2 cells to detect anti-SS-A/Ro autoantibodies in human sera. Fourteen sera that had SS-A/Ro antibodies as detected on this commercial substrate, but did...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Fritzler MJ,Hanson C,Miller J,Eystathioy T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrin-17 (G-17) and Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) antibody are widely used in the screening of gastric diseases, especially in gastric cancer. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the value of G-17 and H pylori antibody in gastric disease screening. METHODS:Healthy males and females (1368 and 1212, respec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Liu W,Sun Y,Yuan Y

更新日期：2020-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low concentration C-reactive protein (CRP) has favorable prognostic significance in patients with cardiovascular risks. METHODS:We compared the wr-CRP method with the hs-CRP method both on Roche Cobas c702 analyzer for the determination of low CRP concentration (<20 mg/L) including 200 patients treated in C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Li R,Xue Y,Wang T,Gong L,Peng P,Xiong P,Dai M,Shao T,Hu Y,Ye X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay for antibody IgG to HIV-1 gp41 antigen was developed using two synthetic peptides. An aliquot (10 microl) of serum samples from HIV-1 seropositive subjects was incubated simultaneously with 2,4-dinitrophenyl-bovine serum albumin-synthetic HIV-1 gp41 peptide conjugates and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hashida S,Ishikawa S,Hashinaka K,Nishikata I,Oka S,Ishikawa E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of dermatophytes at the species level, relying on macro- and microscopic properties of the colonies is time-consuming, questioned in many circumstances, and requires considerable expertise. In this study, we examined the potency of a new genetic marker, β-tubulin (BT2) gene, for differentiatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Abastabar M,Mirhendi H,Rezaei-Matehkolaei A,Shidfar MR,Kordbacheh P,Makimura K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, an ultrasensitive enzyme immunoassay (immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay) for p24 antigen of HIV-1 was developed. The immune complex comprising 2,4-dinitrophenyl-biotinyl-bovine serum albumin-rabbit anti-p24 Fab' conjugate, p24 antigen, and rabbit anti-p24 Fab' -beta-D-galactosidase conjugate was t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hashida S,Hashinaka K,Nishikata I,Saito A,Takamizawa A,Shinagawa H,Ishikawa E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate, retrospectively, the frequency of autoantibodies of antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) in Tunisian patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed 80 PBC sera and 80 sera from blood donors. ELISA was used to determine the frequency of antibodies against cardiolipin (aCL I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Mankaï A,Manoubi W,Ghozzi M,Melayah S,Sakly W,Ghedira I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:N-terminal pro-Brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is an important biomarker to indicate cardiac function, but its significance in cardiac surgery is still unclear. OBJECTIVE:To explore clinical significance of serum NT-proBNP and their dynamic characteristics in patients with cardiac valve replacement (C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Cai B,Wang L,Liu J,Shi Y,Guo Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two methods for the extraction of RNA of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) Indiana1 and New Jersey and their simultaneous amplification by one-step polymerase chain reaction using reverse transcriptase were evaluated. A guanidine-thiocyanate-based RNA extraction (Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kit, Qiagen, Valencia, CA ) followed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Arshed MJ,Magnuson RJ,Triantis J,Abubakar M,Van Campen H,Salman M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid phosphatase was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from human normal lung and spleen and was characterized biochemically and immunologically in comparison with prostate acid phosphatase (PAP). The apparent MW of lung acid phosphatase (LAP) and spleen acid phosphatase (SAP) was 110,000 and 100,000, respective...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lin MF,Li SS,Chu TM,Lee CL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The non-invasive diagnostic approach for early detection of endometrial cancer (EC) remains limited. To date, human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) has been intensively studied but its diagnostic is controversial in EC. DJ-1 is an oncoprotein secreted by cancer cells, recently identified as a potential diagnostic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Benati M,Montagnana M,Danese E,Paviati E,Giudici S,Ruzzenente O,Franchi M,Lippi G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00