abstract：:The Presage(®) ST2 Assay (Critical Diagnostics, CA, USA) is an in vitro diagnostic device that quantitatively measures soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) in serum and plasma by ELISA. This assay is US FDA approved and is indicated to be used in conjunction with clinical evaluation as an aid in assessing th...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mueller T,Dieplinger B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal medicines including traditional Chinese medicine are becoming increasingly more popular worldwide. However, there is considerable potential for interaction between herbal components and drugs, as all herbal medicines contain a combination of potentially biologically active compounds possessing various inherent ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Hu M,Fan L,Zhou HH,Tomlinson B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial diseases. This molecular tool is well-suited for the rapid detection of bacteria directly in clinical specimens, allowing early, s...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Maurin M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of oncology, clinical molecular diagnostics and biomarker discoveries are constantly advancing as the intricate molecular mechanisms that transform a normal cell into an aberrant state in concert with the dysregulation of alternative complementary pathways are increasingly understood. Progress in biomarke...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ong FS,Das K,Wang J,Vakil H,Kuo JZ,Blackwell WL,Lim SW,Goodarzi MO,Bernstein KE,Rotter JI,Grody WW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first near instrument-free, inexpensive and simple molecular diagnostic device (IsoAmp HSV, BioHelix Corp., MA, USA) recently received US FDA clearance for use in the detection of herpes simplex viruses (HSV) in genital and oral lesion specimens. The IsoAmp HSV assay uses isothermal helicase-dependent amplificatio...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Lemieux B,Li Y,Kong H,Tang YW

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For most diseases, better biomarkers are urgently needed to enable (early) detection, diagnosis, prognosis, stratification for therapy and response monitoring. Proteomics delineates gene products that carry out the majority of cellular functions, and thereby may not only yield insight into altered signaling pathways i...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Pham TV,Piersma SR,Oudgenoeg G,Jimenez CR

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematogenous dissemination of cancer and development of distant metastases is the cause of nearly all cancer deaths. Detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as a surrogate biomarker of metastases has gained increasing interest. There is accumulating evidence on development of novel technologies for CTC detecti...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Balic M,Lin H,Williams A,Datar RH,Cote RJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimitochondrial antibodies are the serological hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Besides antimitochondrial antibodies, the autoantibody profile of PBC includes antinuclear antibodies (ANA) which are detectable by indirect immunofluorescence in up to 50% of PBC patients. Two immunofluorescence patterns are...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Granito A,Muratori P,Quarneti C,Pappas G,Cicola R,Muratori L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the real time-based TaqMan(®) technology has allowed the development of highly sensitive hepatitis viral load tests with broad dynamic ranges. The increasing applications of these tests in clinical diagnostics have shown the utility of viral load as a predictive marker of treatment response and proven...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Colucci G,Knobel R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs regulate target gene expression through translation repression or mRNA decay, and they are emerging as important modulators in cellular pathways. Previous studies have shown the occurrence of epigenetically modified miRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC), identifying these miRNA methylation signatures may provide...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Cho WC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic management of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) remains a major challenge. The availability of biomarkers that accurately predict renal flares, response to immunosuppressive treatment and risk of progression to end-stage renal disease would allow the more effective use of currently available immunosup...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Edelbauer M,Ho J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide microarrays such as comparative genomic hybridization arrays and SNP microarrays enable the identification of genomic imbalances - also termed copy-number variants - with increasing resolution. This article will focus on the most significant applications of high-throughput oligonucleotide microarrays, ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Keren B,Le Caignec C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumorigenesis is a multistep process resulting from DNA mutations observed at the DNA sequence and chromosome level as well as epigenetic changes, which affect expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Breast cancer is a very heterogeneous disease that manifests in various histological and clinical types. De...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Wiechec E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most common diseases also run in families as rare, monogenic forms. Diabetes is no exception. Mutations in approximately 20 different genes are now known to cause monogenic diabetes, a disease group that can be subclassified into maturity-onset diabetes of the young, neonatal diabetes and mitochondrial diabetes. In so...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Molven A,Njølstad PR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute periods of pulmonary exacerbation are the single most important cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis patients, and may be associated with a loss of lung function. Intervening prior to the onset of a substantially increased inflammatory response may limit the associated damage to the airways. While a number of b...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rogers GB,Hoffman LR,Johnson MW,Mayer-Hamblett N,Schwarze J,Carroll MP,Bruce KD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR) coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is a high-throughput nucleic acid-based technology that relies on the accurate measurement of the molecular weight of PCR amplicons that can be used to deduce the base counts (number of As, Gs, Cs and Ts) of DNA. These a...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Deyde VM,Sampath R,Gubareva LV

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common, heterogeneous syndrome diagnosed clinically by the presence of classical neurological symptoms and the absence of 'red flags' that suggest alternative secondary parkinsonian disorders. Neuropathologically, nigrostriatal loss and the presence of proteinaceous inclusions (Lewy bodie...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mellick GD,Silburn PA,Sutherland GT,Siebert GA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin melanoma, a life-threatening disease, has a recently reported worldwide increase in incidence, despite primary prevention. Skin melanoma statistics emphasize the need for finding markers related to the immune response of the host. The mechanisms that are able to over-power the local immune surveillance comprise m...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Neagu M,Constantin C,Tanase C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klinefelter syndrome is the most common chromosome abnormality in humans. The estimated prevalence is one in 500 to one in 1000 males but due to the widely variable and often aspecific features, only one in four cases are recognized. The most specific clinical features which can be observed at adult age are small test...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Giltay JC,Maiburg MC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, chronic and inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. HLA-DRB1 and PTPN22 1858T gene variants are risk factors of RA, clinical manifestations and rate of progression of joint destruction in this autoimmune disease. Currently, several immunopathogenetic models of other genes (CT...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Nagy ZB,Csanád M,Tóth K,Börzsönyi B,Demendi C,Rigó J Jr,Joó JG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ST2, an IL-1 receptor family member with transmembrane (ST2L) and soluble (sST2) isoforms, was originally described in the context of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. However, after the identification of IL-33 as the functional ligand for ST2, and conceptualization of the role of ST2/IL-33 signaling in cardiac re...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bhardwaj A,Januzzi JL Jr

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyopathies are an important and heterogeneous group of common cardiac diseases. An increasing number of cardiomyopathies are now recognized to have familial forms, which result from single-gene mutations that render a Mendelian inheritance pattern, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, r...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Callis TE,Jensen BC,Weck KE,Willis MS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among nucleic acid analytical methods, high-resolution melting analysis is gaining more and more attention. High-resolution melting provides simple, homogeneous solutions for variant scanning and genotyping, addressing the needs of today's overburdened laboratories with rapid turnaround times and minimal cost. The fle...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Montgomery JL,Sanford LN,Wittwer CT

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several biomarkers associated with spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) have been discovered over the last decade. Many of these markers, such as cytokines, are associated with infection and inflammation. As such, these biomarkers represent biologically plausible candidates for assessing those at risk of PTB. However, in t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Williams SM,Velez DR,Menon R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of cervical cancer is very high in low-resource countries, while it is lower in several high-income countries. Secondary prevention based on cervical screening has been very successful in countries where the resources exist to ensure high-quality and good coverage of the population at risk. In many develope...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Grce M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation of cytosines in cytosine-guanine (CpG) dinucleotides is one of the most important epigenetic alterations in animals. The presence of methylcytosine in the promoter of specific genes has profound consequences on local chromatin structure and on the regulation of gene expression. Changes in DNA methylation p...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Dehan P,Kustermans G,Guenin S,Horion J,Boniver J,Delvenne P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although comprehensive molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine have sparked excitement among researchers and clinicians, they have yet to be fully incorporated into today's standard of care. This is despite the discovery of disease-related oncogenes, tumor-suppressor genes and protein biomarkers, as well as ot...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Zoon CK,Starker EQ,Wilson AM,Emmert-Buck MR,Libutti SK,Tangrea MA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is the most deadly infectious disease in the world. TB control relies on passive case findings and targeted treatment of latently infected individuals at high risk of disease progression. Tuberculin skin testing (TST) is conventionally used for detection of TB infection. Recently, blood assays measur...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bocchino M,Bellofiore B,Matarese A,Galati D,Sanduzzi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma is one of the common malignancies of the genitourinary tract. In approximately one third of patients, distant metastases are present at the time of initial diagnosis and in another third, the tumor will recur even after nephrectomy with a curative intent. Renal cell carcinoma is resistant to all c...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mohammed A,Shergill I,Little B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The particular reasons for the relative lack in development of point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics in a business context were discussed in our sister journal, Expert Review of Medical Devices, over 2 years ago. At that time, it could be seen that the concept of PoC testing was being revisited for at least the fifth time i...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Huckle D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging field of metabolomics, in which a large number of small-molecule metabolites from body fluids or tissues are detected quantitatively in a single step, promises immense potential for early diagnosis, therapy monitoring and for understanding the pathogenesis of many diseases. Metabolomics methods are mostly...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Gowda GA,Zhang S,Gu H,Asiago V,Shanaiah N,Raftery D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade of intensive use of microarray technology has flooded the scientific community with genome-wide expression data of diverse biological states. As a result, connection of the expression signatures of a relatively small number of genes related to, for example, disease states, patient responses or toxic...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rautio JJ,Satokari R,Vehmaan-Kreula P,Serkkola E,Söderlund H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a multifactorial disease responsible for nearly 10% of deaths each year in industrialized countries. While some monogenic forms of stroke have been described, the vast majority result from the common polygenic form of the disease. Progress in molecular genetics has allowed the identification, through genome-...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Domingues-Montanari S,Mendioroz M,del Rio-Espinola A,Fernández-Cadenas I,Montaner J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive candidiasis is the most important opportunistic fungal infection, causing high morbidity and mortality. Traditional methods of diagnosis, which include blood culture and biopsy, usually lack both sensitivity and specificity, or become positive late in the course of the infection. Therefore, new nonculture-bas...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Laín A,Elguezabal N,Moragues MD,García-Ruiz JC,del Palacio A,Pontón J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease that remains a public health problem worldwide. Unfortunately, the current gold standard test used for the serological diagnosis of leptospirosis has some drawbacks and there is no vaccine available for successful prevention of leptospirosis in humans. Therefore, recent re...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Thongboonkerd V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microscopic pathology of Hodgkin lymphoma has been recognized for well over a century; however, only in the past 15 years has the enigmatic nature of this peculiar neoplasm been somewhat unraveled. This has been accomplished via a combination of the acquisition, via microdissection, of the prototypically rare mali...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Roullet MR,Bagg A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase (Lp-PL)A2 is a recently described and potentially useful plasma biomarker associated with cardiovascular disease. The enzyme, originally named platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH), has two prominent biological activities. First, it inactivates the prominent proinflam...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Carlquist JF,Muhlestein JB,Anderson JL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciphering the cellular and molecular interactions that drive disease within the tissue microenvironment holds promise for discovering drug targets of the future. In order to recapitulate the in vivo interactions through molecular analysis, one must be able to analyze specific cell populations within the context of t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Espina V,Heiby M,Pierobon M,Liotta LA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 protease has a broad and complex substrate specificity, which hitherto has escaped a simple comprehensive definition. This, and the relatively high mutation rate of the retroviral protease, makes it challenging to design effective protease inhibitors. Several attempts have been made during the last two decades t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rögnvaldsson T,You L,Garwicz D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate and inaccurate antimicrobial therapy can lead to adverse patient outcomes and also the development of antimicrobial resistance. Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) gives rapid reporting with highly sensitive and specific results to clinicians within 3 h after blood cultur...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Forrest GN

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00