Copeptin as a Prognostic Marker in Acute Chest Pain and Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.

abstract：Background:Determination of neonate serum's N-acetyl-β-hexosaminidase (HEX) activity and correlation results with Apgar scale and factors routinely determined in newborn serum. Aims:Providing reference values of neonates serum HEX activities, and indicate their diagnostic significance. Study design:The study was perf...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Chojnowska S,Kamianowska M,Baran P,Zwierz K,Szczepański M

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal phenotypic switch of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) is a hallmark of vascular disorders such as atherosclerosis and restenosis. And this process has been related to remodeling of L-type calcium channel (LTCC). We attempted to investigate whether fluvastatin has any effect on VSMC proliferation and LTCCα 1...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Ouyang QF,Han Y,Lin ZH,Xie H,Xu CS,Xie LD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of cardiovascular fitness (CRF) and physical activity (PA) are associated with decreased mortality and risk to develop metabolic diseases. The independent contributions of CRF and PA to metabolic disease risk factors are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that runners who run consistently >50 km/wk and/or >...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Laye MJ,Nielsen MB,Hansen LS,Knudsen T,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the histological fibrosis stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and serum connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) to determine the usefulness of this relationship in clinical practice. METHODS:Serum samples were collected from 51 patients w...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Colak Y,Senates E,Coskunpinar E,Oltulu YM,Zemheri E,Ozturk O,Doganay L,Mesci B,Yilmaz Y,Enc FY,Kiziltas S,Ulasoglu C,Tuncer I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute gangrenous appendicitis (AGA) is a common medical condition; however, the grade of appendicitis usually cannot be established preoperatively. We have attempted to identify some indicators, such as the mean platelet volume (MPV) and the platelet distribution width (PDW), to diagnose AGA. Aims. To eval...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Fan Z,Pan J,Zhang Y,Wang Z,Zhu M,Yang B,Shi L,Jing H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor cells show alterations in their glycosylation patterns when compared to normal cells. Lectins can be used to evaluate these glycocode changes. Chemiluminescence assay is an effective technique for quantitative analysis of proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates due to its high sensitivity, specifici...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lima LR,Bezerra MF,Almeida SM,Silva LP,Beltrão EI,Carvalho Júnior LB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:We have previously shown that the deficiency of the gut enzyme intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in humans, and mice deficient in IAP develop the metabolic syndrome, a precipitant of T2DM and ischemic heart disease (IHD). We hypothesized that IAP deficie...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Malo J,Alam MJ,Shahnaz M,Kaliannan K,Chandra G,Aziz T,Sarker T,Bala M,Paul R,Saha CK,Karmakar PK,Malo MS

更新日期：2019-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the combined effects of MMP-2 and TIMP-2 protein immunoreactivities on the prognosis in endometrial carcinoma. METHODS:Paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 225 primary endometrioid adenocarcinomas and 13 histologies other than endometrioid adenocarcinoma were immunohist...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Honkavuori-Toivola M,Santala M,Soini Y,Turpeenniemi-Hujanen T,Talvensaari-Mattila A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the association of galectin-3 (Gal-3) and soluble ST2 (sST2) and their follow-up changes with the development of heart failure (HF) and echocardiographic parameters of HF (ejection fraction, atrial and ventricular size, left ventricular hypertrophy, e', and E/e') in patients with ST-segment eleva...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Tymińska A,Kapłon-Cieślicka A,Ozierański K,Budnik M,Wancerz A,Sypień P,Peller M,Balsam P,Opolski G,Filipiak KJ

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays an important role in lipid metabolism. Its epsilon4 allele has been consistently associated with lipoprotein disorders but its connection to myocardial infarction (MI) is controversial. Because epsilon4 frequency decreases with age we thought that the contradictory results in different st...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Garcés C,Maicas C,Grande R,Benavente M,Viturro E,Cano B,López D,de Oya M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a promising biomarker in monitoring rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but studies of pre-analytical and biologic variability are few. METHODS:VEGF was measured by ELISA methods in serum and plasma from healthy persons and RA patients. Pre-analytical factors were...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hetland ML,Christensen IJ,Lottenburger T,Johansen JS,Svendsen MN,Hørslev-Petersen K,Nielsen L,Nielsen HJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks persist in patients despite the use of conventional treatments. This might be due to chronic inflammation as reflected in epidemiological studies associating circulating low-grade inflammatory markers with CVD recurrent events. Here, we explored this potential link by asses...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Khadir A,Kavalakatt S,Dehbi M,Alarouj M,Bennakhi A,Tiss A,Elkum N

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Preeclamptic pregnancies often present an intensified inflammatory state associated with the nuclear activity of NFκB. NEMO is an essential regulator of nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) in cytoplasmic and nuclear cellular compartments. The aim of the present study is to examine the level and localization of the...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Sakowicz A,Lisowska M,Biesiada L,Płuciennik E,Gach A,Rybak-Krzyszkowska M,Huras H,Sakowicz B,Romanowicz H,Piastowska-Ciesielska AW,Grzesiak M,Pietrucha T

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to investigate serum IL17 levels in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and to investigate the relationship between serum IL17 levels with disease activity. METHODS:Fifty patients with CD and sex- and age-matched 40 healthy controls were included in the study. The serum IL17 levels,...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Sahin A,Calhan T,Cengiz M,Kahraman R,Aydin K,Ozdil K,Korachi M,Sokmen HM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency alleles at the C4 loci within the MHC are associated with autoimmune diseases in Caucasoids and possibly other races. We therefore studied the relationship between relevant C4 alleles and other MHC markers in a random Thai/Chinese population. Over 90 per cent of C4AQO occurs within two supratypes (HLA Aw33,...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kay PH,Grimsley G,Dawkins RL,Charoenwong P

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in prostate carcinogenesis is highly controversial: some studies suggest a positive association between HPV infection and an increased risk of prostate cancer (PCa), whereas others do not reveal any correlation. In this study, we investigated the prognostic impact of HPV infectio...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Pascale M,Pracella D,Barbazza R,Marongiu B,Roggero E,Bonin S,Stanta G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are characterized by presence of high proteolytic activity, atherosclerotic lesions, extensive transmural inflammation and the presence of variably sized and shaped intraluminal thrombus (ILT). Therefore, we evaluated a possible association between plasma matrix metalloprote...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wiernicki I,Millo B,Safranow K,Gorecka-Szyld B,Gutowski P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent advances in high-throughput data acquisition have driven a revolution in the study of human disease and determination of molecular biomarkers of disease states. It has become increasingly clear that many of the most important human diseases arise as the result of a complex interplay between several factors ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： McDermott JE,Costa M,Janszen D,Singhal M,Tilton SC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some studies have suggested a relation of plasma fibrinogen to the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, whether plasma fibrinogen can predict the presence and severity of CAD in patients with diabetes mellitus has not been determined. METHODS:A total of consecutive 373 diabetic patients with ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Hong LF,Li XL,Luo SH,Guo YL,Zhu CG,Qing P,Wu NQ,Li JJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is the most common cause of failure of total joint arthroplasty, but a gold standard for PJI diagnosis is still lacking. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are proinflammatory molecules inducing intracellular oxidative stress (OS) after binding to their cell membrane receptors (RAG...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Massaccesi L,Bonomelli B,Marazzi MG,Drago L,Romanelli MMC,Erba D,Papini N,Barassi A,Goi G,Galliera E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin ratio is a useful index used to represent patient inflammation and nutritional status. Elderly patients are at the highest risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). We clarified the impact of the preoperative CRP/albumin ratio on AKI and evaluated the impact of postoperative AK...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Yu J,Park JY,Ha S,Hwang JH,Kim YK

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac troponin levels have been reported to add value in the detection of cardiovascular complications in noncardiac surgery. A sensitive cardiac troponin I (cTnI) assay could provide more accurate prognostic information. METHODS:This study prospectively enrolled 142 patients with at least one Revised Car...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Borges FK,Furtado MV,Rossini AP,Bertoluci C,Gonzalez VL,Bertoldi EG,Pezzali LG,Machado DL,Grutcki DM,Rech LG,Magalhães M,Polanczyk CA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the relationship between NT-pro-BNP, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and all-cause mortality rates in a cohort of older people discharged from an internal medicine unit after admission for dyspnoea. PATIENTS AND METHODS:NT-pro-BNP was evaluated in serum samples of 134 patients aged 80 ± 6 ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Fabbian F,De Giorgi A,Pala M,Volpato S,Portaluppi F,Zuliani G,Manfredini R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Recent studies have demonstrated that miRNA-155 is involved in the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis. Furthermore, miRNA-155 has emerged as a new indirect marker for inflammation associated with adverse outcomes in oncology and cardiovascular diseases. This study investigated the correlation betwe...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Su Q,Yang H,Li L

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Chronic Periodontitis (CP) is suggested to be related to gene variations. Present study aims to quantitatively estimate the association between interleukin-6- (IL-6-) 174G/C polymorphism and CP susceptibility. Materials and Methods. Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched up to May 2016. The met...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Zhu J,Guo B,Fu M,Guo W,Yuan Y,Yuan H,Zhang S,Yu H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte antigens have been found in the immunoreactive brain lesions of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Recently it has been proposed that these antibodies can be used as a prognostic marker in the course of disease. However, the serum levels of these autoantibodies during different...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Angelucci F,Mirabella M,Frisullo G,Caggiula M,Tonali PA,Batocchi AP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is the body fluid closest to the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS). For many candidate biomarkers CSF is the only fluid that can be investigated. Several factors need to be standardized when sampling CSF for biomarker research: time/volume of CSF collection, sample processing/storage, and ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Giovannoni G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on the role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD) suggested that the CCR5Δ32 allele, which is responsible for the production of truncated C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), could confer a selective advantage on patients with SCD because it leads to a less eff...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lopes MP,Santos MN,Faber EW,Bezerra MA,Hatzlhofer BL,Albuquerque DM,Zaccariotto TR,Ribeiro DM,Araújo Ada S,Costa FF,Sonati Mde F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular (LV) structural and functional alterations in hypertension has some limitations, potentially overcome by using biomarkers. ST2, a prognostic biomarker for heart failure and myocardial infarction patients, was less studied in hypertension. AIM:To analyze the r...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Farcaş AD,Anton FP,Goidescu CM,Gavrilă IL,Vida-Simiti LA,Stoia MA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:B7-H4 is member of the B7 family that negatively regulates the immune response, which are associated with tumor development and prognosis. The present study is aimed at examining serum B7-H4 expression and exploring its contribution to diagnosis in patients with colorectal cancer. Methods:We determined serum expre...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wang P,Li C,Zhang F,Ma X,Gai X

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00