Delta neutrophil index: A reliable marker to differentiate perforated appendicitis from non-perforated appendicitis in the elderly.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The trends in usage of tumor markers, including CEA, SCC, NSE, Cyfra21-1, and ProGRP, in Chinese lung cancer patients in the real-world setting are not fully investigated. METHODS:A retrospective descriptive study was conducted using the database of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, China between Januar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wang H,Zhang J,Li X,Zhang C,Zheng S,Chi Y,Sheng X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal failure is a severe complication of symptomatic myeloma, related to higher mortality. Recovery from dialysis dependence can lead to enormous survival benefits. We investigated the effect factors for probability of dialysis independence. METHODS:Retrospective data on 45 newly diagnosed MM (NDMM) patien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Song J,Jiang F,Liu H,Ding K,Ren Y,Li L,Wang G,Shao Z,Fu R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoassay (RIA) that involves purification of the analyte by organic solvent extraction is widely used. Although the extraction RIA is reliable when properly validated, it is time consuming and radioactive, we measure urinary total testosterone with a highly sensitive rapid and accurate time-resolved fluorescen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Bao S,Peng Y,Sheng S,Lin Q

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous research, we found diabetes rather than obesity was an independent risk factor of breast cancer. However, why diabetes could lead to increased risk of breast cancer patients remains elusive. Long non-coding RNAE330013P06 has been shown to be upregulated in diabetes, and long non-coding RNAs gener...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen R,Shi P,Zhang Y,Wu H,Li X,Yang W,Luo F,JinmingXue,Yao L,Yang J,Wang W,Zhang B,Li P,Miao Y,Wang Q,Tian F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test has long been considered the best serological test for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. The goal of this study was to find out if the Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) could be an alternative to the VDRL. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and sera samples from patients in the follow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Castro R,Prieto ES,da Luz Martins Pereira F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on gene polymorphism association are centered on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a common hematological malignancy in children younger than 16 years. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in some genes, such as ARID5B and CDKN2B, are associated with the risk of childhood ALL. T-cell le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Mei E,Wei X,Gao J,Tian X,Li W,Liu L,Qian C

更新日期：2020-09-01 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:Miltenberger (Mi) series are the collective glycophorin hybrids in the MNS blood group system. Mi series are composed of several subtypes, for examples, GP.Mur, GP.Hop, and GP.Bun. The incompatibility of Mi series blood transfusion poses the risk of hemolysis. Due to the lack of standard antibodies for Mi se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Vongsakulyanon A,Pipatpanukul C,Kitpoka P,Kunakorn M,Srikhirin T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone marrow (BM) study plays an important role as initial investigation specimen of lymphoma as well as staging lymphoma. This study aimed to investigate the utility of BM studies for classification of lymphoma and evaluate features of BM involvement by lymphoma over a period of 11 years. METHODS:A total of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kwoun WJ,Ahn JY,Park PW,Seo YH,Kim KH,Seo JY,Lee HT,Yoo KH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of our study was to assess two tumor markers, carbohydrate antigen 724 (CA724) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE), in 20 healthy individuals. Then, we determined their average intra- and inter-individual biological variations (CVI and CVG ). METHODS:Blood samples were taken at weekly intervals for fi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wang S,Zhao M,Mu R,Zhang X,Yun K,Shang H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Mindray CAL 8000 is a cellular analysis line that consists of the BC-6800, an automated hematology analyzer, and the SC-120, an automated slidemaker/stainer. We evaluated the performances of the BC-6800 and the SC-120. METHODS:Four hundred and eight normal and abnormal samples were analyzed. The perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lee HT,Park PW,Seo YH,Kim KH,Seo JY,Jeong JH,Kim MJ,Ahn JY

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Nucleolar and spindle-associated protein 1 (NUSAP1) has been identified to be strongly implicated in the carcinogenesis of cervical carcinoma, breast cancer, and liver cancer, and shows a high expression level in bladder cancer, indicating that NUSAP1 might be a potent target for cancer treatment. Using bioi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen Y,Zhang W,Kadier A,Zhang H,Yao X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel and ultrasensitive noncompetitive enzyme immunoassay (hetero-two-site complex transfer enzyme immunoassay) for alpha-human atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-hANP) in plasma is described. alpha-hANP was biotinylated using N-hydroxysuccinimidobiotin and trapped onto an anti-alpha-hANP [6-28] IgG-coated polystyre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hashida S,Ishikawa E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic role of immune-mediated mechanisms in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we report different cytokine expression profiles from hemodialysis (HD) and non-HD HCV (+) patients. IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and TGF-beta1 serum levels, and liver bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Spanakis NE,Garinis GA,Alexopoulos EC,Patrinos GP,Menounos PG,Sklavounou A,Manolis EN,Gorgoulis VG,Valis D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium is an important intracellular pathogen, particularly in AIDS patients. It also shows the second frequency among nontuberculous mycobacteria infections in Korea. Point mutations of domain V region of the 23S rRNA gene has been known to confer clarithromycin resistance to M. avium. In order to isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lee SH,Park YK,Kim CK,Kim HJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida dubliniensis is a recently described pathogenic species which shares many phenotypic features with Candida albicans and therefore, may be misidentified in microbiological laboratories. Because molecular methods can be onerous and unfeasible in routine mycological laboratories with restricted budgets such as th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： de Loreto ES,Pozzatti P,Alves Scheid L,Santurio D,Morais Santurio J,Alves SH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), early detection of engraftment would be of critical value for clinicians. The aim of this study was to identify faster parameters for engraftment. METHODS:We evaluated blood cell parameters including complete blood count (CBC), differential counts, and v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yahng SA,Lee JW,Kim Y,Kim M,Oh EJ,Park YJ,Lee JW,Cho B,Han K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation plays an important role in the development and progression of CRC. The members of inflammatory biomarkers, preoperative NLR and PLR, have been proved by numerous studies to be promising prognostic biomarkers for CRC. However, the diagnostic value of the two biomarkers in CRC remains unknown, and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Peng HX,Yang L,He BS,Pan YQ,Ying HQ,Sun HL,Lin K,Hu XX,Xu T,Wang SK

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the existing spectrophotometric kinetic method for the determination of pancuronium bromide (PCBr), based on pooled human serum cholinesterase (ChE, EC 3.1.1.8 acylcholine acylhydrolase) inhibition, was developed. Butyrylthiocholine iodide (concentration 1.667 mmol/L) was used as substrate and determ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Stankov-Jovanovic VP,Nikolic-Mandic SD,Mandic LjM,Mitic VD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating bilirubin is thought to function as a physiological antioxidant. One of the decomposition products of this process is the biopyrrins, which include two regioisomers: biotripyrrin-a (1,14,15,17-tetrahydro-2,7,13-trimethyl-1,14-deoxy-3-vinyl-16H-tripyrrin-8,12-dipropionic acid) and biotripyrrin-b (1,14,15,17...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ihara H,Matsumoto T,Morita Y,Hirano A,Okada M,Hashizume N,Shioji I,Yoshimura H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary test for the laboratory confirmation of measles is immunoglobulin M (IgM) serology. It is therefore important to evaluate new commercial measles IgM immunoassays to ensure high-quality measles diagnostic testing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of LIAISON IgM ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sampedro A,Rodríguez-Granger J,Gómez C,Lara A,Gutierrez J,Otero A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), which are most abundant in the liver, are the main enzymes involved in ethanol metabolism in humans. Gender-related differences in total liver ADH and ALDH activity among different animal species have been observed in many studies. We measured total ADH an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chrostek L,Jelski W,Szmitkowski M,Puchalski Z

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of serum IgA and C3 in patients with IgA nephropathy were determined using international standard serum (IFCC/CRM470) in a multicenter trial in Japan. The ratio of serum IgA to C3 (serum IgA/C3 ratio) without any information from renal biopsy was used for the diagnosis of IgA nephropathy. Three hundred and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Tomino Y,Suzuki S,Imai H,Saito T,Kawamura T,Yorioka N,Harada T,Yasumoto Y,Kida H,Kobayashi Y,Endoh M,Sato H,Saito K

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:We studied 103 patients seen in our Prostate Cancer Detection Clinic to determine whether a correlation exists between serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values and ultrasound-calculated prostate gland volume. Seventy men (68%) had a PSA value less than or equal to 4 ng/ml (our upper limit of normal). The men were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Babaian RJ,Fritsche HA,Evans RB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diurnal variations in the excretion of bone resorption markers were assessed in order to identify the type of urine collection which provides the most information on bone resorption rate and its relation to measuring bone dynamics in a postmenopausal population. Sixty women, ages 43-67 and without disease or treatment...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zaninotto M,Bernardi D,Ujka F,Bonato P,Plebani M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial cells are typically connected through different types of cell junctions that are localized from the apical membrane to the basal surface. In this way, epithelium cells form the first barrier against pathogenic microorganisms and prevent their entry into internal organs and the circulatory system. Recent stu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zheng M,Sun S,Zhou J,Liu M

更新日期：2020-10-17 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