{"title":"Insights of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Genetic Biomarkers","authors":"H. Kille","doi":"10.37421/2155-9929.2021.12.463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37421/2155-9929.2021.12.463","url":null,"abstract":"Microarray study of gene expression profiling Treatment with drugs for microarray analysis: Prior to therapy, HFLS-RA cells were seeded in 75 cm2 culture flasks for 24 hours. MTX IC50 concentrations were used to treat the cells.","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70047140","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":"Editorial on Prostate Specific Antigen Test","authors":"A. SathvikRaj","doi":"10.37421/2155-9929.2021.12.477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37421/2155-9929.2021.12.477","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70047184","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}
Brendan Gongol, Fenqing Shang, M. He, Yingshuai Zhao, Weili Shi, Man-li Cheng, J. Shyy, Liuyi Wang, A. Malhotra, R. Bhattacharjee
{"title":"Serum miR-92a is Elevated in Children and Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea","authors":"Brendan Gongol, Fenqing Shang, M. He, Yingshuai Zhao, Weili Shi, Man-li Cheng, J. Shyy, Liuyi Wang, A. Malhotra, R. Bhattacharjee","doi":"10.37421/JMBD.2020.11.426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37421/JMBD.2020.11.426","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent condition that is associated with several comorbidities including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent studies have revealed mixed results as to whether standard OSA therapy reverses CVD in adult patients. Thus, many advocate for earlier recognition of OSA induced CVD, as early as childhood, to prompt treatment antecedent to the onset of irreversible CVD. Here we investigated if the serum level of miR-92a, a known biomarker for CVD, can be used to identify patients with OSA in both children and adults. Methods: Consecutive snoring patients undergoing polysomnography were recruited for determination of circulating miR-92a, in addition to inflammatory and metabolic profiles. We assessed whether circulating miR-92a was associated with OSA severity. Results: Using two separate cohorts of adults (n=57) and children (n=13), we report a significant increase in the serum level of miR-92a in patients with severe OSA (p=0.021) and further demonstrate a significant correlation (Spearman rank correlation 0.308, p=0.010) with serum miR-92a levels and the apnea hypopnea index (AHI), a primary measure of OSA severity. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that serum miR-92a levels were independently associated with AHI (ß=0.332, p=0.003), age (ß=0.394, p=0.002) and LDL cholesterol levels (ß=0.368, p=0.004). Conclusion: Our study is the first to establish that miR-92a is a useful biomarker for OSA severity in both children and adults. Given the canonical role of miR-92a on endothelial dysfunction, miR-92a may be useful to identify early onset CVD in OSA patients or stratify patient CVD risk to identify those that may benefit from earlier OSA treatment.","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43703653","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":"Serum miR-92a is Elevated in Children and Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.","authors":"Brendan Gongol, Fenqing Shang, Ming He, Yingshuai Zhao, Weili Shi, Manli Cheng, John Yj Shyy, Liuyi Wang, Atul Malhotra, Rakesh Bhattacharjee","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent condition that is associated with several comorbidities including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent studies have revealed mixed results as to whether standard OSA therapy reverses CVD in adult patients. Thus, many advocate for earlier recognition of OSA induced CVD, as early as childhood, to prompt treatment antecedent to the onset of irreversible CVD. Here we investigated if the serum level of miR-92a, a known biomarker for CVD, can be used to identify patients with OSA in both children and adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive snoring patients undergoing polysomnography were recruited for determination of circulating miR-92a, in addition to inflammatory and metabolic profiles. We assessed whether circulating miR-92a was associated with OSA severity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using two separate cohorts of adults (n=57) and children (n=13), we report a significant increase in the serum level of miR-92a in patients with severe OSA (p=0.021) and further demonstrate a significant correlation (Spearman rank correlation 0.308, p=0.010) with serum miR-92a levels and the apnea hypopnea index (AHI), a primary measure of OSA severity. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that serum miR-92a levels were independently associated with AHI (ß=0.332, p=0.003), age (ß=0.394, p=0.002) and LDL cholesterol levels (ß=0.368, p=0.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study is the first to establish that miR-92a is a useful biomarker for OSA severity in both children and adults. Given the canonical role of miR-92a on endothelial dysfunction, miR-92a may be useful to identify early onset CVD in OSA patients or stratify patient CVD risk to identify those that may benefit from earlier OSA treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"11 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7789821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38803648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the expression of Notch1 and related proteins in lung carcinoma cells","authors":"W. Hassan, Takaaki Ito","doi":"10.4172/2155-9929.1000408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9929.1000408","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Introduction Notch signaling pathway has different roles in many human neoplasms, being either tumor-promoting or anti-proliferative. In addition, Notch signaling in carcinogenesis could be tissue dependent.Aim To study the relation between Notch1 protein expression in lung cancer cells to the following Notch related proteins: Hes1, c-Myc, Jagged1 and Jagged2.Materials and methods Notch1 and its related proteins were detected in human lung cancer cell lines and in 54 surgically resected different lung carcinoma tissues. Then, we used small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology, to down-regulate the expression of Notch1 in H69AR and SBC3 small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) cells. Also, we transfected venus Notch1 intracellular domain (v.NICD) plasmid into human SCLC lines; H69. Result s: The expression of Hes1, c-Myc and Jagged2 is affected by Notch1 in SCLC.Conclusion There is a strong association between the expression of Notch1 protein and the expression of Hes1, c-Myc and Jagged2 proteins, which could aid in better understanding the tumorigenesis in SCLC.","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"09 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43073929","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":"The Role of 16s Ribosomal RNA in Diagnosing Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis","authors":"S. Abed, Mohamed Egezy, T. Sheta, M. Zaki","doi":"10.4172/2155-9929.1000411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9929.1000411","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2155-9929.1000411","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70336677","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}
Thibault Gauduchon, T. Reverdy, A. Karabajakian, L. Collet, Max Gau, E. Neidhardt, J. Fayette
{"title":"HNSCC and Immunotherapy: The Beginning of a Long Story","authors":"Thibault Gauduchon, T. Reverdy, A. Karabajakian, L. Collet, Max Gau, E. Neidhardt, J. Fayette","doi":"10.4172/2155-9929.1000412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9929.1000412","url":null,"abstract":"The immunotherapy revolution has not spared Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-1 / PD-L1) were the first to be validated in second line treatment and soon come to the first line in local or metastatic recurrence. Many studies are currently underway to expand the indications of these new therapies, whether as monotherapy or in combination. In addition, immunotherapy is not limited to checkpoint inhibitors and many other immunotherapy molecules are currently under study. The selection of patients who benefit from immunotherapy and the evaluation of the response to these treatments are problems not completely solved. The aim here is to present the state of art on immunotherapy in HNSCC.","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2155-9929.1000412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70336717","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}
Nannaphat Atsawaphidsawat, Piti Ungarreevittaya, C. Sumananont
{"title":"Prognostic Role of RANK and RANKL Expression in Recurrent Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: A Retrospective Study","authors":"Nannaphat Atsawaphidsawat, Piti Ungarreevittaya, C. Sumananont","doi":"10.4172/21559929.1000394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/21559929.1000394","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) is a benign locally aggressive primary bone tumor with a tendency for recurrence which is one of the major problems in this disease. Recent data demonstrated the important role of the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB (RANK)/RANK-ligand (RANKL) pathway in the pathogenesis. However, the roles of RANK and RANKL in predicting recurrence have never been proposed. Therefore, we aim to investigate the prognostic value of RANK and RANKL expression in predicting recurrence of GCTB which may change the treatment paradigm of the disease. Method: 53 cases of GCTB were enrolled in the study. Data on patient demographics and clinical characteristics were reviewed. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of RANK and RANKL. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) analysis was performed by Kaplan–Meier method and the difference between survival curves were sought using the log-rank test. Cox’s proportional hazards model and binary logistic regression analyses were used to define the risk of recurrence. Result: Of 53 cases, there were 8 patients (15.1%) had recurrent disease. The univariate analysis revealed that age (log rank 10.749, p=0.005), RANKL overexpression (log rank 5.187, p=0.023), RANK overexpression (log rank 4.055, p=0.044 for RANK) and co-overexpression of RANK/RANKL (log rank 7.541, p<0.006) were associated with recurrence of GCTB. Cox’s proportional hazards model emerged that the only significant prognostic parameter capable of defining the risk for recurrence was co-overexpression of RANK and RANKL (Hazard ratio 2.910; 95%CI 1.099-7.708; p= 0.032). Binary logistic regression multivariate analysis followed by ROC analysis confirmed that cooverexpression of RANK/RANKL represented a significant biological model to predict local recurrence (area under the curve=0.731±0.098; 95% CI 0.539–0.922, p=0.039). Conclusion: RANK and RANKL co-overexpression increases the risk of recurrence of GCTB and could be a prognostic marker for recurrent disease.","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45391779","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}
G. Investigators, Daishi Fujita, L. Preiss, K. Aizawa, K. Eagle, Toru Suzuki
{"title":"Circulating Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Associate with Aortic Dimensions in Genetic Aortic Conditions","authors":"G. Investigators, Daishi Fujita, L. Preiss, K. Aizawa, K. Eagle, Toru Suzuki","doi":"10.4172/2155-9929.1000379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9929.1000379","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Biomarkers that reflect progression of dilatation of the aorta in patients with aortic conditions are needed as surrogate tools to assist in monitoring the condition in a non-invasive manner in combination with imaging procedures but are yet to be established. This study aimed to establish clinically useful biomarkers for aortic conditions in patients enrolled in the Genetically-Triggered Thoracic Aortic Conditions (GenTAC) registry. Methods: Plasma samples of 159 patients enrolled in the GenTAC registry were assessed for circulating biomarkers (interleukin-6 (IL-6), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP1), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF β1)] by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Primary diagnosis and aortic image data were compared with the measured values. Results: IL-6 showed significant positive correlations with aortic dimensions at each segment of the aorta, the correlation becoming stronger as it shifts to distal (ascending aorta R=0.26 p=0.004, proximal arch R=0.35 p<0.0001, transverse arch R=0.30 p=0.0005, mid-descending thoracic aorta R=0.40 p<0.0001, thoracoabdominal aorta R=0.38 p<0.0001, suprarenal abdominal aorta R=0.42 p<0.0001, and infrarenal aorta R=0.43 p<0.0001). TIMP-1 also showed a significant correlation albeit weaker, also exhibiting stronger correlation towards the distal end. Conclusion: Circulating IL-6 and TIMP-1 were associated with aortic dimensions in the aortopathies as registered in the GenTAC cohort. Our results provide support that IL-6 and TIMP-1 are associated with aortic aneurysm formation in patients with genetically-triggered thoracic aortic conditions.","PeriodicalId":89808,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular biomarkers & diagnosis","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47417580","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}