Abstract：
:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a glycoprotein and belongs to the gene family of serum albumins. The serum AFP levels were found to be elevated in the sera of liver cancer patients in 1964 and were subsequently developed and used as a liver cancer biomarker. However, elevated serum AFP levels have been observed in patients suffering from other cancer and noncancer diseases. Up to date, a systematic comparison of the serum AFP levels in different diseases has not been reported. In current study, 66,682 clinical lab test results of serum AFP levels from healthy individuals and patients with 47 different types of diseases during the past 5 years were retrieved and analyzed. Based on the mean (SD), median, and p (-Log10p) values, we found that patients suffering from liver, breast, esophagus, cervical, pancreatic, endometrial, gastric, lung, rectum cancers in addition to noncancer diseases cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, and gastritis had significantly (p<0.05) increased, whereas patients suffering from multiple myeloma, Wilms' tumor, and other 22 types of noncancer diseases had significantly decreased median serum AFP levels than that of healthy controls. Moreover, patients with liver cancer, cirrhosis, lymphoma, bone fracture, and Wilms' tumor had highest mean serum AFP levels and the biggest SD values. In summary, the increased serum AFP levels were most evident but not specific for liver cancer patients. The potential clinical use of the increased or decreased serum AFP levels for other types of cancer and noncancer diseases and the molecular mechanisms behind our current findings need to be investigated.
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Prog Mol Biol Transl Scijournal_title
Progress in molecular biology and translational scienceauthors
He Y,Lu H,Zhang Ldoi
10.1016/bs.pmbts.2019.01.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-01-01 00:00:00pages
199-212eissn
1877-1173issn
1878-0814pii
S1877-1173(19)30001-8journal_volume
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