Serum sialic acids levels according to the severity of liver cirrhosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alport syndrome (ATS) is a hereditary nephritis with hereditary and clinical heterogeneity; the early clinical symptoms are atypical, which can easily lead to misdiagnosis. The proband, a 6-year-old girl, was found to have microscopic hematuria, proteinuria, and visual impairment at about 5 years old; the re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zhu Q,Zhou C,Wang J

更新日期：2020-09-06 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

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：:We evaluated the Technicon DPA-1 immunoassay analyzer on its analytical characteristics. Therefore we studied three assays: albumin in cerebrospinal fluid and IgG and transferrin in serum. When tested with the Cusum test for linearity albumin, IgG, and transferrin measurements showed no deviation from linearity. Close...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： van Rijn JL,van Landeghem AA,Goldschmidt HM

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Neurofilaments are the major cytoskeletal components of neurons, and cell injury leads to their release into the surrounding area. The aim of this study was to compare the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum (S) concentrations of neurofilament light chains (NFLs) and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kušnierová P,Zeman D,Hradílek P,Čábal M,Zapletalová O

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D plays a vital role not only in bone health but also in pathophysiology of many other body functions. In recent years, there has been significant increase in testing of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH vitamin D), a marker of vitamin D deficiency. The most commonly used methods for the measurement of 25-OH vitamin ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Garg U,Munar A,Frazee C 3rd,Scott D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical treatment for Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection is now recommended in several types of gastroduodenal disease, and its success is usually monitored by hystology. The end-points of our work were to identify the most suitable serum index of Hp eradication among pepsinogen A (PGA), pepsinogen C (PGC), PGA/PGC ra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Plebani M,Basso D,Scrigner M,Toma A,Di Mario F,Dal Bò N,Samloff IM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Existing evidence suggests that impaired vitamin D metabolism contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. Aortic intima-media thickness (IMT) is an earlier marker than carotid IMT of preclinical atherosclerosis. However, there is a lack of researches on direct investigation of relevance between serum 2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kalkan GY,Gür M,Koyunsever NY,Şeker T,Gözükara MY,Uçar H,Kaypaklı O,Baykan AO,Akyol S,Türkoğlu C,Elbasan Z,Şahin DY,Çaylı M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV collagen is a major component released from the glomerular and tubular basement membranes. To investigate the alteration of renal type IV collagen turnover in early stage diabetic nephropathy, urinary type IV collagen was measured by a highly sensitive one-step sandwich enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Urinary sample...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Iijima T,Suzuki S,Sekizuka K,Hishiki T,Yagame M,Jinde K,Saotome N,Suzuki D,Sakai H,Tomino Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly developed into a pandemic. Increased levels of ferritin due to cytokine storm and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were found in severe COVID-19 patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the role of ferritin in COVID-19. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Cheng L,Li H,Li L,Liu C,Yan S,Chen H,Li Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is an infrequent malignant disease and there is no consensus classification or specialized treatment for it. However, PAL has been observed to have worse prognosis compared with other extrarenal malignant lymphomas and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presents as the most common s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen Y,He HS,Hu QF,Wang G

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIM:Hepatitis B virus-e-antigen (HBeAg) is an affordable viral marker to assess viral replication kinetics and response to antiviral therapy. In the absence of confirmatory assays, discrepant or false-positive HBeAg results are resolved by screening for other HBV markers. We standardized an in-house HBeAg ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Fletcher GJ,Anantharam R,Radhakrishnan K,Karunakaran A,Abraham P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines play crucial role in the development and functions of placenta. Any changes in these cytokines may be associated with many pregnancy-related disorders like preeclampsia. Therefore, the present study is aimed to study the expression of pro-inflammatory (TNF-α, IL-6) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Aggarwal R,Jain AK,Mittal P,Kohli M,Jawanjal P,Rath G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microparticle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay was developed for plasminogen quantitation in human plasma. It is based on the nephelometric measurement of the light scattered by microparticle clusters formed during a sandwich reaction between plasminogen, microparticle--anti-plasminogen conjugate, and the free ant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Marchal E,Montagne P,Cuillière ML,Béné MC,Faure G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel molecular approaches have recently become available allowing improved major histocompatibility complex (MHC) matching of potential allogeneic bone marrow donors and recipients. Current cellular and serological assays are hindered by aberrant cell populations and limited reagents which only detect an individuals'...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Rubocki RJ,Wisecarver JL,Hook DD,Cox SM,Beisel KW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative determination of albumin (ALB) in human urine is important to assess kidney functions in a variety of diseases. Recently, Siemens released an improved Microalbumin assay (microALB_2) to measure urinary ALB on the automated, random access ADVIA 1650/1800, ADVIA 2400, and ADVIA 1200 Chemistry Systems. We ev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Datta P,Dasgupta A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two serum proteins of the complement cascade in the highest concentrations, C3 and C4, respond to various conditions in much the same manner as do other positive acute-phase proteins. A major difference is that they are relatively sluggish in response to cytokine drive, requiring several days rather than hours to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ritchie RF,Palomaki GE,Neveux LM,Navolotskaia O,Ledue TB,Craig WY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death in developing and developed countries, yet assessing the risk of its development remains challenging. Several lines of evidence indicate that small, dense low-density lipoproteins (sd-LDL) are associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. W...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wu B,Yu Z,Tong T,Tong X,Yang Y,Tang Y,Ren H,Liao Y,Liao J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a new proteinase K assay method for human serum mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase. We found that proteinase K showed no inactivation of human mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase isoenzyme and complete inactivation of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase. Previous studies have shown that selectiv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Watazu Y,Uji Y,Okabe H,Shirahase Y,Kaneda N,Karmen A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver biopsy is recommended in the majority of patients with chronic viral hepatitis for fibrosis evaluation. Because of the potential risks of liver biopsy, many studies related to non-invasive biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis have been performed. We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of serum biglycan as a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ciftciler R,Ozenirler S,Yucel AA,Cengiz M,Erkan G,Buyukdemirci E,Sönmez C,Esendaglı GY

更新日期：2017-09-01 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:MicroRNAs play a vital role in coronary artery disease. Abnormal expression of microRNAs has been found to be associated with the occurrence of CAD. METHODS:We identified significantly differentially expressed microRNAs in plasma between 40 patients with CAD and 10 controls with NCA using RNA sequencing. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zhong Z,Zhong W,Zhang Q,Zhang Q,Yu Z,Wu H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between the urokinase type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) in sera and tissues of patients with cervical cancer and the clinical and pathological features of the cancer. Immunohistochemistry (SABC method) was used to detect uPAR expression in cervical cancer and normal tissues; E...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Jing J,Zheng S,Han C,Du L,Guo Y,Wang P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix metalloproteinase matrilysin (MMP-7) is a member of the matrix metalloproteinase gene family, which is believed to play an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis. We have previously found that matrilysin mRNA is specifically expressed in colorectal cancers and adenomas and that its message is local...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yamamoto H,Itoh F,Senota A,Adachi Y,Yoshimoto M,Endoh T,Hinoda Y,Yachi A,Imai K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was to investigate the changes of antifungal susceptibilities caused by the phenotypic switching in patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). METHODS:229 women were enrolled in this study. The vaginal smears of these patients were collected and gram stained for fungal microscopic observation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Tang Y,Yu F,Huang L,Hu Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A common problem in clinical laboratories is maintaining the stability of analytes during pre-analytical processes. The aim of this study was to systematically summarize the results of a set of studies about the biochemical analytes stability. METHODS:A literature search was performed on the Advanced search ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hedayati M,Razavi SA,Boroomand S,Kheradmand Kia S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital disorders of glycosylation are a rapidly growing group of inherited (neuro)metabolic disorders characterized by defects in glycosylation of proteins and lipids. This study discusses an analytical problem in the differentiation between hypoglycosylation and transferrin (Tf) protein variants. Analysis of seru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Marklová E,Albahri Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to analyze the epitope structure of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and the idiotype network system, seven anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies (anti-Id MoAbs) were generated from a BALB/c mouse immunized with anti-CEA MoAb P1-356, which recognized a synthetic peptide P1 of CEA, domain I. These MoAbs were divi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Tsujisaki M,Masuya J,Okada Y,Jinnohara T,Sasaki S,Yachi A,Imai K

更新日期：2002-01-01 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