{"title":"Lymphocyte-related ratios, systemic immune-inflammatory and systemic inflammatory response index in alcohol use disorder.","authors":"Burcu Kok Kendirlioglu, Hidayet Ece Arat Celik, Ayse Ece Buyuksandalyaci Tunc, Melike Ozmen, Esma Corekli Kaymakcı, Sevin Demir, Suat Kuçukgoncu","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2277806","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2277806","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Addictive disorders are associated with systemic and central nervous system inflammation, which may be important for the onset and development of these diseases. Although lymphocyte-related parameters have recently been studied in alcohol use disorder (AUD), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) haven't. Lymphocyte-related ratios, SII and SIRI levels were evaluated between AUD and healthy controls (HC) in this study. It was a retrospective and cross-sectional study. This study included 72 patients with AUD and 184 individuals in the HC group. Lymphocyte related ratios such as neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), SII and SIRI values were compared. Compared to HC group, NLR (<i>p</i> < 0.001), MLR (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and SIRI (<i>p</i> < 0.001) levels were significantly higher in AUD group. There was also a significant relationship between NLR and AST/ALT ratio in the AUD group (<i>p</i> = 0.022). The results of this study support that AUD is a chronic inflammatory psychiatric disorder. In addition, it may be useful to evaluate these markers in relation to liver enzymes in patients with AUD, as alcohol consumption causes liver damage. These markers may also be used in future studies to assess treatment response and disease severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"38-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89718596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nehal Abd El-Ghaffar Heabah, Sara A Darwish, Fatma MKh Ibrahim
{"title":"Prognostic significance of annexin A2 and tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma and their relation to Sunitinib resistance.","authors":"Nehal Abd El-Ghaffar Heabah, Sara A Darwish, Fatma MKh Ibrahim","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2285501","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2285501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sunitinib, an antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is the main treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Development of resistance is a major obstacle against therapy success. The aim of this study was to assess annexin A2 and CD163+ tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) immunohistochemical expression in 50 mRCC cases as regard to patients' prognosis and Sunitinib response. Also, to assess the correlation between annexin A2 and TAMs expression. High annexin A2 expression and TAMs density were associated with serum calcium level (<i>P</i> = 0.024 and 0.037, respectively), larger tumor size (<i>P</i> < 0.001), high tumor grade (<i>P</i> = 0.014 and <0.001, respectively), and the presence of tumor necrosis (<i>P</i> < 0.001). High annexin A2 and TAMs expressions were related to shorter patients' overall survival (<i>P</i> = 0.009 and 0.001, respectively) and progression-free survival (<i>P</i> = 0.003 and 0.001, respectively). Annexin A2 was correlated with TAMs density (<i>r</i> = 0.890). Annexin A2 and TAMs are associated with poor prognostic parameters in mRCC patients, including high nuclear grade, increased tumor size, and the presence of tumor necrosis, together with shorter patients' survivals and poor response to Sunitinib. Annexin A2 expression is correlated with TAMs density suggesting immunomodulatory role of annexin A2.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138451613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shereen Nagib El Mashad, Mona Abd El Halim Kandil, Taysseer Abd El-Hamid Talab, Abd El Naby Saied Abd El Naby, Mervat Mahmoud Sultan, Ahmed Sohaib, Aiat Shaban Hemida
{"title":"Gastric Carcinoma with low ROR alpha, low E- Cadherin and High LAPTM4B Immunohistochemical Profile; is associated with unfavorable prognosis in Egyptian patients.","authors":"Shereen Nagib El Mashad, Mona Abd El Halim Kandil, Taysseer Abd El-Hamid Talab, Abd El Naby Saied Abd El Naby, Mervat Mahmoud Sultan, Ahmed Sohaib, Aiat Shaban Hemida","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2279639","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2279639","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In view of multiplicity of carcinogenic pathways of gastric carcinoma (GC), poor survival and chemotherapy resistance, more analysis of these pathways is required for prediction of prognosis and developing new therapeutic targets. Knocking down of RORα; induces tumor cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). LAPTM4B has been suggested to be associated with EMT which promote tumor invasion. This work aimed to investigate prognostic role of RORα, LAPTM4B, and E-Cadherin expression in GC. This retrospective immunohistochemical study assesses the expression of RORα, LAPTM4B, and E-Cadherin in 73 primary gastric carcinomas. Low RORα and high LAPTM4B expression in GC cases were associated with unfavorable prognostic factors such as positive lymph nodes, and high tumor budding. E-Cadherin heterogeneous staining was associated with poor prognostic criteria, such as diffuse type GC and high tumor budding. Low RORα, high LAPTM4B, and heterogeneous E-Cadherin were the most common immunohistochemical profile in GC cases. Low RORα expression showed poor prognostic impact on overall patient survival. In conclusion, RORα and LAPTM4B may have crucial role in GC aggressiveness. The predominance of low RORα, high LAPTM4B, and heterogeneous or negative E-Cadherin immunohistochemical profile in GC cases with unfavorable pathological parameters suggested that this profile may predict tumor behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"50-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138460308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caroline Kerbiriou, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Simon Milling, George Raptis
{"title":"Gut originating immunoglobulin E in non-IgE-mediated cow's milk protein allergy.","authors":"Caroline Kerbiriou, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Simon Milling, George Raptis","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2281492","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2281492","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"73-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138451612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Farnesoid X receptor in chronic liver diseases: an immunohistochemical study.","authors":"Dina Sweed, Nanis Shawky Holah, Esraa Karman, Nancy Asaad, Shereen Mahmoud","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2242920","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2242920","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) related liver diseases are still an ongoing cause of hepatic failure despite the effective role of direct-acting anti-viral agents. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists have a potential therapeutic effect on the management of chronic liver diseases (CLD). However, data regarding FXR protein expression in human CLDs are limited and conflicting. We aimed to assess the immunohistochemical expression of FXR in HCV-related chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis in comparison with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and normal liver tissue. The expression of FXR was low both in hepatocytes and bile ducts of HCV-related chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis (<i>p</i> = .001, respectively). In addition, a significantly low expression of FXR was observed in HCV-related hepatitis and cirrhosis groups compared to MAFLD in hepatocytes (<i>p</i> < .001, for both) and bile ducts (<i>p</i> = .004 and <i>p</i> = .018). FXR expression in HCV-related cirrhosis was significantly associated with compensated liver function (<i>p</i> = .032) and low inflammatory activity (<i>p</i> = .022). FXR expression decreases in HCV-related CLDs. There was some evidence that FXR expression could protect against post-hepatitis cirrhosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"381-395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10519920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kiana Ketabi, Hoorieh Soleimanjahi, Ala Habibian, Saied Abroun
{"title":"Pregnancy and <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> infection with a focus on its vertical transmission, breastfeeding, cord blood banking, and vaccination during COVID-19 infection.","authors":"Kiana Ketabi, Hoorieh Soleimanjahi, Ala Habibian, Saied Abroun","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2259454","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2259454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> outbreak led to a health crisis worldwide. This infection can infect individuals, particularly pregnant women. In this review, we tried to find the possibility of vertical transmission of COVID-19 and investigate the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, breastfeeding, cord blood banking, and the effects of recommended vaccines on pregnant and lactating women. Keywords include COVID-19, congenital infection, <i>SARS-CoV-2</i>, pregnancy, and COVID-19 vaccines. Vertical transmission of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> was searched in scientific databases, such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. The criteria for including studies in this article are the study of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> infection in pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, and also the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on them. There are several conflicting results in the transmission of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> from the maternal-fetal interface. Since many neonates born from COVID-19-infected mothers had no signs of this infection, the possibility of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> congenital transmission cannot be confirmed. Also, <i>SARS-CoV-2</i>-infected women can breastfeed their babies if they have mild symptoms. Up till now, no adverse effect of COVID-19 vaccines has been identified on mothers, infants, and the fertility of men or women. Even so, more investigations are needed on the long-term effects of COVID-19 vaccines.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"361-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41124932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a novel lectin-based gold nanoparticle point-of-care immunoassay for rapid diagnosis of patients with severe Dengue infection.","authors":"Moumita Paul, Bibhuti Saha, Sumi Mukhopadhyay","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2260480","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2260480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rapid diagnosis of patients with severe Dengue infection can be useful for the efficient clinical management of cases caused by the Dengue virus. Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFIA) have been broadly used for rapid Dengue diagnosis, because of their quick readouts with the human eye, simplicity of use, and affordability. Despite the availability of several commercial Dengue point-of-care assays, none has shown to be successful in discriminating between severe and nonsevere forms of Dengue infection. In the current study, for the first time, a novel lectin-based point-of-care assay for the early detection of patients with severe Dengue infection with gold-adorned sheets as detection labels is being reported. In this assay, Dengue severity was diagnosed by detecting the glycosylation profile of vitronectin, a known Dengue severity marker. Two lectins were employed namely DSA (<i>Datura stramonium</i>) and MAA (<i>Maackia amurensis</i>) that can recognize specific glycans like galactose Gal-(1-4) GlcNAc and sialic acid in an (α2-3) linkage, which displayed high sensitivity and high specificity, i.e. 90% and 85% for DSA and 90.91% and 95% for MAA. The new assay has a detection limit of 5 µg µl<sup>-1</sup> and enables the quick (30 min) and sensitive detection of severe Dengue cases. The reported point-of-care immunoassay exhibits considerable promise for early identification of patients with Dengue severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"418-435"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41131076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can β-catenin, Tenascin and Fascin be potential biomarkers for personalized therapy in Gastric carcinoma?","authors":"Noha Elkady, Amira I Aldesoky, Dina Mohamed Allam","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2251564","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2251564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death. Studying the molecular profile of GC is essential for developing targeted therapies. β-catenin, Tenascin, and Fascin expression are among the molecular abnormalities that are claimed to cause GC progression and chemoresistance. Therefore, they could be used as potential therapeutic targets. This study aimed to evaluate β-catenin, Tenascin, and Fascin expression and their possible roles as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in GC using immunohistochemistry. This retrospective study included 84 GC cases. Tissue microarrays were constructed, followed by β-catenin, Tenascin, and Fascin immunostaining. Their expression was assessed and compared with clinicopathological parameters and survival data. The study results revealed that β-catenin nucleocytoplasmic expression, positive Tenascin, and Fascin expressions were detected in 86.9%, 70%, and 59.5% of cases, respectively. Their expression was significantly associated with poor prognostic parameters, such as deeper tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis, advanced pathological stage, vascular invasion, positive omental nodules, poor response to chemotherapy, and short overall survival. Hence, nucleocytoplasmic β-catenin expression together with Tenascin and Fascin positivity can be potential prognostic and predictive markers, and they can be used as therapeutic targets for GC.</p>","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"396-417"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10202835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statement of Retraction: Elevated CSF concentration of CCL3 and CCL4 in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/15321819.2023.2232507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15321819.2023.2232507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15990,"journal":{"name":"Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry","volume":"44 4","pages":"360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9843484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}