Serum carcinoembryonic antigen in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer: influence of tumour spread, liver impairment, and age.

abstract：Background:In patients admitted with chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), it is crucial to early identify those who are at higher risk of adverse events. The study aim was to assess the predictive value of copeptin in patients admitted to the emergency department with chest pain and nonconclusive ECG...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Morawiec B,Kawecki D,Przywara-Chowaniec B,Opara M,Muzyk P,Ho L,Tat LC,Gabrysiak A,Muller O,Nowalany-Kozielska E

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The apolipoprotein (apo) B/apoA-I ratio represents the balance between apoB-rich atherogenic particles and apoA-I-rich antiatherogenic particles, and this ratio is considered to be a marker of cardiovascular risk. Although many studies have demonstrated the importance of the apoB/apoA-I ratio in predicting t...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Kaneva AM,Potolitsyna NN,Bojko ER,Odland JØ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:To evaluate the diagnosis value of serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), cancer antigen 125 (CA125), the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA), and Copenhagen Index (CPH-I) at early stages for differentiating borderline ovarian tumors from epithelial ovarian cancer. Methods:We recruited 144 borderline ovar...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wang Z,Tao X,Ying C

更新日期：2019-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The atomic force microscope (AFM) is emerging as a powerful tool in cell biology. Originally developed for high-resolution imaging purposes, the AFM also has unique capabilities as a nano-indenter to probe the dynamic viscoelastic material properties of living cells in culture. In particular, AFM elastography combines...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Costa KD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a known risk factor in the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The HBV-encoded X protein, HBx, has been investigated for properties that may explain its cancer cofactor role in transgenic mouse lines. We discuss here recent data showing that HBx is...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Madden CR,Slagle BL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D plays a role in central nervous system (CNS) development. Recent literature focused on vitamin D status in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but with inconsistent results. Our case-control study is aimed at evaluating serum 25-hydroxyl-vitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration in children...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Petruzzelli MG,Marzulli L,Margari F,De Giacomo A,Gabellone A,Giannico OV,Margari L

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is a well-established serum marker for alcohol-related liver disease. However, GGT's predictive utility applies well beyond liver disease: elevated GGT is linked to increased risk to a multitude of diseases and conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome (...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Koenig G,Seneff S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor markers and antigens are normally highly expressed in malignant tissue, but not in the surrounding normal tissue. Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) is a technology that counts mRNA transcripts and can be used to find those genes most highly induced in malignant tissues. SAGE produces a comprehensive prof...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Riggins GJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Elevated humoral responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV) associate with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART). To better understand the persistence of CMV humoral responses in relation to CVD, we determined trends in CMV antibody levels over the first 10 ye...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Brunt SJ,Lee S,D'Orsogna L,Bundell C,Burrows S,Price P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate serum chemerin levels in patients with osteoporosis and healthy controls and to investigate the relationship between serum chemerin levels and bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS:An age- and gender-matched case-control study was conducted. Pearson's correlation test was performed to investigate ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： He J,Li JC,Xie H,Xu ZH,Sun YW,Shan Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 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

abstract：:Extra-nodal natural killer T-Cell (NK/T-cell) lymphoma is a progressive cancer with poor prognosis due to the lack of disease specific treatment. To develop specific therapeutic strategies, it is essential to identify tumor markers. Recent studies show that circulating microRNA (miRNA) may serve as diagnostic and/or p...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Guo HQ,Huang GL,Guo CC,Pu XX,Lin TY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the many studies examining thyroid cancers, the effect of thyroid autoantibodies on differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) remains unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between serologic thyroid autoantibodies (ATAs) and DTC, we retrospectively evaluated data of thyroid nodules obtained ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Qin J,Yu Z,Guan H,Shi L,Liu Y,Zhao N,Shan Z,Han C,Li Y,Teng W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To evaluate the performance of serum and urinary sCD163 concentrations as possible biomarker in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods:Urine and serum samples were obtained from SSc patients and age- and sex-matched controls. Serum and urinary sCD163 concentrations were measured by commercially available ELISA ki...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Frantz C,Pezet S,Avouac J,Allanore Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:In order to further study the changes of cerebral functional connectivity in patients with toothache (TA), this study used the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) technique and degree centrality (DC) analysis method. Methods:Eighteen TA patients (8 males, 10 females) and 18 healthy ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wu SN,Zhang MY,Shu HY,Liang RB,Ge QM,Pan YC,Zhang LJ,Li QY,Shao Y

更新日期：2020-12-28 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 terminal portion of the pol gene and the entire env gene of the human endogenous retrovirus ERV3 was screened for polymorphic nucleotides. For this purpose fragments amplified from the desired regions of ERV3 were subjected to single strand conformational analysis (SSCP analysis). Using this approach, we detected ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Rasmussen HB,Clausen J

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:In an attempt to better unfold the antitumor immune response and invasion strategies perused by tumor cells, markers such as CD99 and HLA-II have been stained in breast tumors, some of them turned out to be important for prognosis and its outcome. CD99 is involved in the intracellular transport of HLA-II proteins. The...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Baccar A,Ferchichi I,Troudi W,Marrakchi R,Ben Hmida N,Jebini S,Mrad K,Ben Romdhane K,Benammar Elgaaied A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is a poorly understood condition that is difficult to treat. Treatment remains problematic as few tools are available to help clinicians monitor disease progression or predict treatment outcome. In this study, plasma levels of several inflammatory molecules and th...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Lim A,Allison C,Tan DB,Oliver B,Price P,Waterer G

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Cyclin Y (CCNY) is a novel cyclin and almost nothing is known about its role in human cancers. To investigate the clinical significance of serum anti-CCNY autoantibodies in nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), the serum levels of CCNY protein in 264 patients with NSCLC, 103 patients with tuberculosis, and 89 healthy ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Ma L,Yue W,Teng Y,Zhang L,Gu M,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nevirapine (NVP) is an effective nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) of particular interest as it is often used in resource limited countries. However, one of the main concerns with the use of NVP is hepatotoxicity and elevation of liver enzymes as a consequence of highly active antiretroviral therap...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Wongtrakul J,Thongtan T,Roytrakul S,Kumrapich B,Janphen K,Praparattanapan J,Supparatpinyo K,Smith DR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the production and characterization of two new monoclonal antibodies (MoAb), WM-53 and WM-54, reacting with a human myeloid differentiation antigen, which has recently been assigned by the Third International Leucocyte Workshop on Human Differentiation Antigens into cluster CD-33 ('gp67'). To dat...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Favaloro EJ,Bradstock KF,Kabral A,Grimsley P,Berndt MC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world. As such, biomarkers are needed for the diagnosis, prognosis, therapeutic monitoring and risk stratification of acute injury (acute myocardial infarction (AMI)) and chronic disease (heart failure). The procedure for biomarker development involv...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Stanley BA,Gundry RL,Cotter RJ,Van Eyk JE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the occurrence of mutations in P53, K-RAS, COX-2, expression of COX-2 and hTERT and relations among clinicopathological signs. P53 mutations were identified in 34.4% of tumours, the majority of them occurring in SCC (squamous cell carcinoma, 55.6%). K-RAS was mutated in 12.2% of NSCLC tumours, the majorit...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Strazisar M,Rott T,Glavac D

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Amongst the genitourinary cancers, carcinoma of the urinary bladder is one of the leading causes of death in India. Hypermethylation of the CpG islands of gene promoter is one of the earliest and most frequent epigenetic alterations leading to cancer as well as in its development. Several studies have sugg...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Ali Hosseini S,Sobti RC,Malekzadeh K,Singh SK,Joshi K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) still represents a devastating disease associated with a very limited survival. Novel biomarkers allowing an early diagnosis as well as an optimal selection of suitable treatment options for individual patients are urgently needed to improve the dismal outcome of PDAC patients. Recentl...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Loosen SH,Luedde M,Lurje G,Spehlmann M,Paffenholz P,Ulmer TF,Tacke F,Vucur M,Trautwein C,Neumann UP,Luedde T,Roderburg C

更新日期：2019-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Early identification of high risk subjects for cardiovascular disease in health check-up is still unmet medical need. Cardiovascular disease is characterized by the superior increase in aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to alanine aminotransferase (ALT). However, the association of AST/ALT ratio with brain ...

journal_title：Disease markers

authors： Yokoyama M,Watanabe T,Otaki Y,Takahashi H,Arimoto T,Shishido T,Miyamoto T,Konta T,Shibata Y,Daimon M,Ueno Y,Kato T,Kayama T,Kubota I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00