Diagnostic Value of Serum Kallikrein-Related Peptidases 6 and 10 Versus CA125 in Ovarian Cancer

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Abdel Hafiz El Sherbini ◽  
Maha Mohamed Sallam ◽  
Emtiaz Abdel Kawy Shaban ◽  
Amr Hassan El-Shalakany

Objectives:To assess the diagnostic value of serum KLK6 and KLK10 in patients with ovarian tumor in comparison to serum CA125.Methods:Based on clinical and sonographic findings, 90 patients were consecutively recruited at the Gynecological Oncology Unit, Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Preoperative serum KLK6 and/or KLK10 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. The patients' final diagnoses were those of the histopathological reports.Results:There were 27 malignant versus 63 benign cases. Serum markers' diagnostic specificity and sensitivity were 80.3/72.7, 56.8/64.0, and 39.53/58.3 for CA125, KLK6, and KLK10, respectively. Combination of CA125 with either of the other 2 markers revealed diagnostic enhancement with KLK10 (85.37/73.00) but not with KLK6 (42.86/86.36).Conclusions:In ovarian cancer, serum KLK6 and KLK10 may have much lower overall sensitivities than serum CA125. However, whereas serum KLK6 may improve the sensitivity of CA125, serum KLK10 may have the highest specificity among the 3 markers.

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (16) ◽  
pp. 3330-3339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Dupont ◽  
Meena K. Tanwar ◽  
Howard T. Thaler ◽  
Martin Fleisher ◽  
Noah Kauff ◽  
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PurposeYKL-40 is a secreted glycoprotein (chitinase family). We compared YKL-40 with two ovarian cancer serum markers, CA125 and CA15-3, for the detection of early-stage ovarian cancer.Materials and MethodsSerum YKL-40 levels were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for 46 healthy subjects, 61 high-risk individuals, 33 patients with benign gynecologic processes, and 50 preoperative patients subsequently diagnosed with predominantly early-stage ovarian cancer. Serum CA125 and CA15-3 values were obtained.ResultsMedian YKL-40 level was 28 ng/mL (range, 15 to 166 ng/mL) for healthy subjects, 36 ng/mL (range, 9 to 69 ng/mL) for high-risk individuals without prior cancer, 44.5 ng/mL (range, 5 to 133 ng/mL) for high-risk patients with prior breast cancer, and 38 ng/mL (range, 5 to 67 ng/mL) for individuals with benign gynecologic processes (P = NS). Median preoperative YKL-40 level for ovarian cancer patients was 94 ng/mL (range, 17 to 517 ng/mL; P < .0001 compared with normal and high-risk). YKL-40 was elevated (≥ 62 ng/mL) in 36 (72%) of 50 patients compared with 23 (46%) of 50 and 13 (26%) of 50 patients for CA125 and CA15-3 (P < .008). Twenty (65%) of 31 early-stage patients had elevated serum YKL-40 levels compared with 11 (35%) of 31 and four (13%) of 31 patients for CA125 and CA15-3 (P = .039). YKL-40 levels increased with stage (P < .005), regardless of grade, histology, or patient age. Patients with early-stage tumors with YKL-40 values more than 80 ng/mL had a worse prognosis (71% recurrence v no recurrence [P = .034]).ConclusionYKL-40 may represent a novel marker for the detection of early-stage ovarian cancer. YKL-40 levels in early-stage patients may also predict disease recurrence and survival. The utility of YKL-40 in detection of early-stage ovarian cancer deserves further investigation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 102-B (7) ◽  
pp. 904-911
Author(s):  
Irene K. Sigmund ◽  
Maria Dudareva ◽  
Daniel Watts ◽  
Mario Morgenstern ◽  
Nicholas A. Athanasou ◽  
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Aims The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of preoperative serum CRP, white blood cell count (WBC), percentage of neutrophils (%N), and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) when using the fracture-related infection (FRI) consensus definition. Methods A cohort of 106 patients having surgery for suspected septic nonunion after failed fracture fixation were studied. Blood samples were collected preoperatively, and the concentration of serum CRP, WBC, and differential cell count were analyzed. The areas under the curve (AUCs) of diagnostic tests were compared using the z-test. Regression trees were constructed and internally cross-validated to derive a simple diagnostic decision tree. Results Using the FRI consensus definition, 46 patients (43%) were identified as infected. Sensitivity, specificity, and AUC of CRP were 67% (95% confidence interval (CI) 52% to 80%), 61% (95% CI 47% to 74%), and 0.64 (95% CI 0.54 to 0.74); of WBC count were 17% (95% CI 9% to 31%), 95% (95% CI 86% to 99%), and 0.57 (95% CI 0.50 to 0.62); of %N 13% (95% CI 6% to 26%), 87% (95% CI 76% to 93%), and 0.50 (95% CI 0.43 to 0.56); and of NLR 28% (95% CI 17% to 43%), 80% (95% CI 68% to 88%), and 0.54 (95% CI 0.46 to 0.63), respectively. A better performance of serum CRP was shown in comparison to the leucocyte count (p = 0.006), %N (p < 0.001), and NLR (p = 0.001). A statistically lower serum CRP level was shown in patients with an infection caused by a low virulence microorganism in comparison to high virulence bacteria (p = 0.008). We found that a simple decision tree approach using only low serum neutrophils (< 3.615 × 109/l) and low CRP (< 2.45 mg/l) may allow better identification of aseptic cases. Conclusion The evaluated serum inflammatory markers showed limited diagnostic value in the preoperative diagnosis of FRI when using the uniform FRI Consensus Definition. Therefore, they should remain as suggestive criteria in diagnosing FRI. Although CRP showed a higher performance in comparison to the other serum markers, it is insufficiently accurate to diagnose a septic nonunion, especially when caused by low virulence microorganisms. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2020;102-B(7):904–911.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwei Zeng ◽  
Shuxiang Zhang ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
Wenchao Wei ◽  
Jie Gao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: This study aimed to explore the diagnostic value of serum miR-101-3p combined with pepsinogen (PG) on early diagnosis of gastric cancer (GC). Methods: A total of 61 atrophic gastritis (AG) and 86 GC patients, and 50 healthy volunteers were enrolled. The serum expression of miR-101-3p was measured by qRT-PCR. The serum content of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was measured by Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. The serum contents of PGI and PGII were measured by Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The diagnostic value of serum markers on AG and GC was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Results: The expression of miR-101-3p, the content of PGI and the ratio of PGI/II were significantly decreased, and the content of PGII was significantly increased in AG patients compared with those in normal controls. The changes of the above serum indicators were more obvious in GC patients than those in AG patients. The content of CEA was significantly higher in GC patients than that in AG patients. In addition, the expression of miR-101-3p was negatively associated with the submucosal infiltration in GC patients. MiR-101-3p exhibited high diagnostic value on AG (AUC 0.8493, sensitivity 80.33%, specificity 80%) and GC (AUC 0.8749, sensitivity 72.09%, specificity 86.49%). MiR-101-3p + PGI + PGI/II (AUC 0.856, sensitivity 80.23%, specificity 77.05%) exhibited a high diagnostic value in distinguishing between AG and GC. Conclusions: MiR-101-3p was a potential diagnostic marker for AG and GC. MiR-101-3p + PGI + PGI/II was effective in distinguishing between AG and GC.


2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tang Yong ◽  
Chen Huan-Chun ◽  
Qin Ya-Li ◽  
He Qi-Gai ◽  
Jin Mei-Lli ◽  
...  

AbstractTo differentiate pigs infected withPseudorabies virus(PrV) from pigs vaccinated with gE-PrV, a glycoprotein E enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (gE-ELISA) based on recombinant glycoprotein E (gE) (which was expressed byEscherichia coli, purified, denatured and renatured) was developed. By testing 115 serum samples, the diagnostic specificity and sensitivity of the developed gE-ELISA were evaluated to be 94.5% and 96.7%, respectively. Five serum samples were tested with plates from five lots, and the results had a coefficient of variation of less than 10%, showing good reproducibility of gE-ELISA. This gE-ELISA was compared with a commercial blocking ELISA by testing 356 serum samples. The agreement rate of the two assays was 92.13% (328/356). These results suggested that the gE-ELISA developed in our laboratory could be used in differentiating PrV-infected and gE-PrV-vaccinated pigs.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Y. Han ◽  
Charles N. Landen ◽  
Aparna A. Kamat ◽  
Adriana Lopez ◽  
David P. Bender ◽  
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Purpose Tissue factor (TF) is a procoagulant that plays an important part in tumor angiogenesis. We sought to determine the role of preoperative serum TF levels in predicting clinical outcome in patients with ovarian cancer. Materials and Methods TF expression was determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in ovarian cell lines. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we assessed preoperative serum TF levels in 98 women with invasive epithelial ovarian carcinoma, 30 with low malignant potential (LMP) tumors, 16 with benign tumors, and a separate validation group of 39 women with adnexal masses. Clinical information was gathered from chart review. Results TF was expressed in four of the five ovarian cancer cell lines, but absent in the nontransformed cells. Ovarian cancer patients had a median preoperative serum TF level of 85.2 pg/mL, which was significantly higher than in those with LMP tumors (12.8 pg/mL; P < .01) and benign adnexal disease (30.7 pg/mL; P < .01). TF ≥ 190 pg/mL was significantly associated with decreased patient survival (P < .01). After adjusting for other clinical variables in a multivariate Cox regression model, TF ≥ 190 pg/mL was an independent prognostic factor (P < .01). Analysis of serum TF levels from the validation set confirmed that high TF (≥190 pg/mL) was associated with a 3.4-fold increase in risk of death from disease (P = .02) and shorter survival (P = .01). Conclusion Preoperative serum TF levels are significantly elevated in patients with ovarian carcinoma. Elevated preoperative TF level is an independent prognostic factor for death from disease.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Miao ◽  
Xinyun Tong ◽  
Jingsang Hu ◽  
Juan Wang

Abstract Background: Psoriasis is a multifactorial, recurring, and chronic inflammatory skin disease. This study was designed to explore the potential role of microRNA-106a-5p (miR-106a-5p) in psoriasis.Methods: The expression levels of miR-106a-5p in the serum of psoriasis patients and healthy individuals were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The diagnostic value of miR-106a-5p in serum was evaluated by the receiver operating characteristics curve (ROC). The levels of interleukin-22 (IL-22), interleukin-17A (IL-17A), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results: The serum expression of miR-106a-5p was found to be up-regulated in psoriasis patients. ROC curve showed that miR-106a-5p had high specificity and sensitivity in the diagnosis of psoriasis. The correlation between the serum expression level of miR-106a-5p and PASI was positive. The relative expression levels of IL-17A, IL-22 and TNF-alpha in serum of psoriasis patients were significantly upregulated compared with that in healthy control, and showed positive association with serum miR-106a-5p levels. Cell experiments demonstrated that upregulation of miR-106a-5p could promote cell proliferation, and the levels of IL-22, IL-17A and TNF-alpha were upregulated significantly in M5-induced HaCaT cells.Conclusion: Considering the novel and vital role in psoriasis progression, miR-106a-5p is expected to be a new potent target for treatment of psoriasis. MiR-106-5p was expected to use for more immunity diseases research and therapy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gatot Nyarumenteng Adhipurnawan Winarno ◽  
Yudi Mulyana Hidayat ◽  
Setiawan Soetopo ◽  
Sofie Rifayani Krisnadi ◽  
Maringan Diapari Lumban Tobing ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose. Cytoreduction has an important role in improving the survival rate of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients. The use of preoperative CA-125 as an optimal predictor cytoreduction in patients with ovarian cancer is still controversial. This study aimed to assess the ability of preoperative serum CA125, FASN and GLS as a predictor of cytoreductive surgery in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). This observational-analytic cross-sectional study included 109 women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) between 2017-2019, who had serum CA-125, GLS, FASN measured preoperatively and underwent cytoreductive surgery. Result. The average value of serum CA-125, FASN, and GLS in the suboptimal cytoreduction were higher than the optimal cytoreduction group. The cut off point (COP) of CA-125 was 248.55 (p=0.0001) with 73.2% sensitivity and 73.6% specificity, FASN was 0.445 (p=0.017) with 62.5% sensitivity and 60.4% specificity, and GLS was 22.895 (p=0.0001) with 73.2% sensitivity and 75.5% specificity. The COP value of CA-125 and GLS combined was 29.16 (p=0.0001) with sensitivity 82.1% and spesificity 73.6%, while the COP of CA-125, GLS, and FASN combined was 0.83 (p=0.0001) with 87.5% sensitivity and 73.6% specificity. If the value of biomarker serum more than COP will more likely have suboptimal cytoreductive surgery. Conclusion. The role of CA125, FASN and GLS levels in predicting suboptimal cytoreductive surgery for patients with ovarian cancer seems questionable. However, the combination of CA-125 and GLS or CA-125, FASN and GLS are able to increase the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy classification to predict suboptimal cytoreductive surgery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 030006052110125
Author(s):  
Xiwen Huang ◽  
Yongquan Lan ◽  
En Li ◽  
Jiaquan Li ◽  
Qiaoting Deng ◽  
...  

Objective Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and lethal malignancies. The identification of precise and noninvasive biomarkers is urgently needed to aid the early diagnosis and clinical management of CRC. Methods A total of 112 patients with CRC and 115 healthy control subjects were included in this study. Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7, MMP-9, MMP-11, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1, and TIMP-2 were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA)19-9 levels were measured using an automatic immunoassay analyzer. Results MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-11, TIMP-1, TIMP-2, CEA, and CA19-9 levels were all significantly higher in CRC patients compared with healthy controls. MMP-7, TIMP-1, and CEA levels were also closely related to clinicopathologic features in patients with CRC. The combination of serum CEA, MMP-7, and TIMP-1 significantly improved the diagnostic value compared with any single marker (area under the curve 0.858–0.890). Furthermore, a combined detection model including MMP-7, TIMP-1, and CEA improved both the specificity and sensitivity for detecting CRC. Conclusions The results showed that combined detection of CEA, MMP-7, and TIMP-1 in serum could provide a specific and sensitive biomarker for the diagnosis of CRC.


2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.H.M.M. ARITS ◽  
J.E.G.M. STOOT ◽  
A.A.M. BOTTERWECK ◽  
F.J.M.E. ROUMEN ◽  
A.C. VOOGD

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuipeng Qiu ◽  
Yaru Duan ◽  
Bofei Wang ◽  
Jianxiang Shi ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
...  

BackgroundSerum autoantibodies (AAbs) against tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) could be useful biomarkers for cancer detection. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of autoantibody against PDLIM1 for improving the detection of ovarian cancer (OC).MethodsImmunohistochemistry (IHC) test in tissue array containing 280 OC tissues, 20 adjacent tissues, and 8 normal ovarian tissues was performed to analyze the expression of PDLIM1 in tissues. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was employed to measure the autoantibody to PDLIM1 in 545 sera samples from 182 patients with OC, 181 patients with ovarian benign diseases, and 182 healthy controls.ResultsThe results of IHC indicated that 84.3% (236/280) OC tissues were positively stained with PDLIM1, while no positive staining was found in adjacent or normal ovarian tissues. The frequency of anti-PDLIM1 autoantibody was significantly higher in OC patients than that in healthy and ovarian benign controls in both training (n=122) and validation (n=423) sets. The area under the curves (AUCs) of anti-PDLIM1 autoantibody for discriminating OC from healthy controls were 0.765 in training set and 0.740 in validation set, and the AUC of anti-PDLIM1 autoantibody for discriminating OC from ovarian benign controls was 0.757 in validation set. Overall, it was able to distinguish 35.7% of OC, 40.6% of patients with early-stage, and 39.5% of patients with late-stage. When combined with CA125, the AUC increased to 0.846, and 79.2% of OC were detected, which is statistically higher than CA125 (61.7%) or anti-PDLIM1(35.7%) alone (p&lt;0.001). Also, anti-PDLIM1 autoantibody could identify 15% (18/120) of patients that were negative with CA125 (CA125 &lt;35 U/ml).ConclusionsThe anti-PDLIM1 autoantibody response in OC patients was positively correlated with PDLIM1 high expression in OC tissues, suggesting that the autoantibody against PDLIM1 might have the potential to be a novel serological biomarker of OC, serving as a complementary measure of CA125, which could improve the power of OC detection.


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