Biomarkers in medicinePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1080/17520363.2024.2437843
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2437843","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2437843","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":" ","pages":"I-II"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654801/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142779322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Update prognostic potency of surfactant protein D (SP-D) in the COVID-19 landscape: an In-depth meta-analytical exploration.","authors":"Mohammad-Navid Bastani, Shahram Jalilian, Seyed Sobhan Bahreiny, Manoochehr Makvandi, Mojtaba Aghaei, Zahra Mansouri, Negin Karamali, Tannaz Sakhavarz, Mahdi Amraei, Elnaz Harooni","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2432325","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2432325","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Surfactant Protein D (SP-D), a key component of the innate immune system, has attracted significant interest for its potential role in the pathophysiology and prognosis of COVID-19. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to clarify the prognostic importance of SP-D levels in COVID-19 patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive literature search was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Scopus, EMBASE, and Google Scholar, covering studies published from January 2000 to January 2024. The inclusion criteria focused on studies measuring SP-D levels in the serum or plasma of COVID-19 patients, comparing severe and non-severe cases. Standardized mean differences (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using a random-effects model to assess overall effect sizes. Meta-regressions and subgroup analyses were performed to identify potential sources of heterogeneity, including patient age, assay techniques, and gender ratio.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The meta-analysis incorporated data from nine studies involving 5,410 COVID-19 patients. Elevated SP-D levels were significantly correlated with increased disease severity, yielding an SMD of 0.642 (95% CI: 0.314 to 0.870; <i>p</i> = 0.012).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This meta-analysis confirms the prognostic significance of SP-D in the context of COVID-19. Elevated SP-D levels are associated with severe disease outcomes, highlighting its potential as a prognostic biomarker.</p>","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1135-1148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142766227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in medicinePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-24DOI: 10.1080/17520363.2024.2429367
Hongbin Tang, Yong Liu, Yabing Yu, Jun Zhou, Jiaomei Yang
{"title":"The predictive value of CK-MB on the curative effect of urokinase combined with LMWH calcium in AMI.","authors":"Hongbin Tang, Yong Liu, Yabing Yu, Jun Zhou, Jiaomei Yang","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2429367","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2429367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates the predictive value of CK-MB in treating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with urokinase combined with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) calcium.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>AMI patients treated at our hospital from April 2020 to August 2022 were included in this prospective, multi-center cohort study. Patients were randomly assigned to a urokinase group or a combined treatment group (urokinase plus LMWH). CK-MB levels were measured using ELISA, and adverse reactions were recorded. The accuracy of CK-MB as a predictor was evaluated via ROC curve analysis and AUC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before treatment, CK-MB levels were similar in both groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Post-treatment, levels were significantly lower in the combined group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The combined group had a higher proportion of mild CK-MB elevation and lower moderate/severe elevations (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Adverse reaction rates were similar (<i>p</i> > 0.05). The combined treatment group showed higher effectiveness (<i>p</i> < 0.05), with better sensitivity (94%) and specificity (82%) than the urokinase group (sensitivity 89%, specificity 78%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CK-MB is a valuable predictor for evaluating the efficacy of urokinase plus LMWH in AMI treatment, offering advantages in reducing CK-MB levels and improving outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1087-1092"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142709193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in medicinePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-25DOI: 10.1080/17520363.2024.2432309
Hui-Jun Dong, Xiao-Hui Li, Qi-Xin Gu, Chi-Fa Ma, Ming-Xia Yuan, Zhen-Zi Wang, Jian-Rong Su, Lei Xu, Cui-Ying Chen, Qiqige Ebule, Hui Zhuang, Xue-En Liu
{"title":"N-glycan as new potential biomarker for predicting treatment response in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.","authors":"Hui-Jun Dong, Xiao-Hui Li, Qi-Xin Gu, Chi-Fa Ma, Ming-Xia Yuan, Zhen-Zi Wang, Jian-Rong Su, Lei Xu, Cui-Ying Chen, Qiqige Ebule, Hui Zhuang, Xue-En Liu","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2432309","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2432309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To investigate the N-glycans related to the metformin efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We enrolled 141 healthy controls and 195 newly diagnosed T2DM patients treated with metformin for 3 months. Serum N-glycan profile was determined by DNA sequencer - assisted fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (DSA-FACE). The N-glycan model was established by logistic regression analysis. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis was used to analyze the predictive power of the N-glycan model for metformin efficacy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The abundances of several N-glycans in serum of T2DM patients at baseline were significantly different from those of healthy controls and tended to recover the N-glycan of controls after 3 months treatment. Serum N-glycans changes were more significant in the good response group (FPG <7 mmol/L) after metformin treatment. In addition, the abundance of peak9 at baseline had an opposite tendency between HbA1c increased and decreased groups post-treatment, which could be a biomarker for predicting metformin efficacy. Peak9 combined with other 11 N-glycans at baseline was used to establish the predictive model to distinguish non-response from response patients (AUROC = 0.780, sensitivity = 70.6% and specificity = 77.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Serum N-glycans may have potential value as biomarkers for indicating the efficacy of metformin.</p>","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1113-1122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654830/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142709189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in medicinePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1080/17520363.2024.2431480
Gongbo Liang, Xuwen Lai, Guangning Yan, Wenyuan He, Longjun Su, Jinxia Luo, Zhuocai Wang
{"title":"TMEM35B as a novel biomarker for diagnosing gliomas.","authors":"Gongbo Liang, Xuwen Lai, Guangning Yan, Wenyuan He, Longjun Su, Jinxia Luo, Zhuocai Wang","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2431480","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2431480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>There is little information about transmembrane protein 35B (TMEM35B) expression in glioma, and its functions in glioma remains no clue.</p><p><strong>Patients & methods: </strong>Immunohistochemistry was used to measure TMEM35B expression levels and CCK8 and Transwell assays were analyzed the proliferative and migratory and invasive.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>TMEM35B protein was significantly higher in gliomas and correlated with a higher tumor TNM stages. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that TMEM35B had high diagnostic value in distinguishing among glioma, normal tissues, tumor stages III+IV, and I+II. Additionally, TMEM35B knockdown inhibited the proliferative, migratory, and invasive capacities of glioma cells.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>TMEM35B expression is upregulated in gliomas, and its knockdown hinders tumor progression, highlighting the protein as a potential biomarker for glioma diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1103-1111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654807/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142726207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in medicinePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-21DOI: 10.1080/17520363.2024.2430942
Özlem Kılıç, Duygu Tecer, Muhammed Canbaş, Mehmet Nur Kaya, Muhammet Çınar, Sedat Yılmaz
{"title":"Immune nutrition indices are associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Özlem Kılıç, Duygu Tecer, Muhammed Canbaş, Mehmet Nur Kaya, Muhammet Çınar, Sedat Yılmaz","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2430942","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2430942","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between immune nutrition indices and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The current study included a cross-sectional analysis of 90 age and gender-matched healthy controls and 116 RA patients who satisfied the 2010 American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism categorization criteria. Patients were categorized into remission (disease activity score 28- erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS 28-ESR) <2.6) and active disease (DAS 28-ESR ≥2.6) groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII), controlling nutritional status (CONUT), and fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) were higher in the RA group than in controls, whereas CRP-albumin-lymphocyte ratio (CALLY) and prognostic nutrition index (PNI) were considerably lower in RA (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The clinical and simplified disease activity index, DAS 28-ESR had negative correlation with PNI and CALLY (<i>p</i> < 0.001). PNI and CALLY were independently related markers of disease activity (<i>p</i> < 0.001) by regression analysis. According to receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the ideal cutoff values for the active disease are as follows: CONUT, 0.5; CALLY, 12.5, SII, 579.43, FAR, 90.43, and PNI, 40. CALLY was the most sensitive (84.06%) and specific marker (95.74%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CALLY and PNI may be useful prognostic markers for assessing disease activity in RA patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1093-1102"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654804/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methemoglobin in critically ill septic patients.","authors":"Atthaphong Phongphithakchai,Akinori Maeda,Yukiko Hikasa,Sofia Spano,Nuttapol Pattamin,Anis Chaba,Glenn Eastwood,Helen Young,Leah Peck,Rinaldo Bellomo","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2395246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17520363.2024.2395246","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Higher nitric oxide (NO) levels correlate with adverse sepsis outcomes but are challenging to measure. Methemoglobin (MetHb), a measurable product of NO, has not been utilized for risk stratification.Methodology: All patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) that had at least one MetHb measurement within 24 h of ICU admission were retrospectively analyzed. We assessed the epidemiology and associations of MetHb with hospital mortality.Results: Among 7724 patients, 1046 qualified. Those with MetHb ≥1.6% showed significantly higher mortality and fewer days alive outside the hospital by day 28. MetHb levels ≥1.6% independently predicted increased 28-day mortality.Conclusion: Our findings suggest MetHb, easily obtainable from arterial blood gases, can significantly enhance sepsis risk stratification.","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":"189 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systemic immune-inflammation and prognostic immune nutritional index in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients.","authors":"Zhenzhen Li,Shaowen Ge,Chi Song,Yaning Li,Xiaofei Xie,Li Xu,Shengkai Liao,Kai Zhang","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2394390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17520363.2024.2394390","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To investigate the systemic immune-inflammation index and prognostic immune nutritional index in the prognostic evaluation of oral squamous cell carcinoma.Materials & methods: We analyzed retrospectively the relationship between systemic immune-inflammation index, prognostic immune nutritional index and clinicopathological variables and the overall survival of 262 patients who underwent radical surgery.Results: Multivariate analysis showed high systemic immune-inflammation index (Hazard ratio = 3.062, 95% CI: 1.021-8.251), low prognostic immune nutritional index (Hazard ratio = 0.297, 95% CI: 0.139-0.636), tumor node metastasis classification 3-4 (Hazard ratio = 9.862, 95% CI: 4.658-20.880) patients have worse overall survival.Conclusion: Preoperative systemic immune-inflammation index and prognostic immune nutritional index are independent risk factors for prognostic survival status in oral squamous cell carcinoma.","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of inflammatory markers for the prediction of atrial fibrillation recurrence following cryoablation.","authors":"Koray Kalenderoglu,Mert Ilker Hayiroglu,Tufan Cinar,Melih Oz,Gokcem Ayan Bayraktar,Ridvan Cam,Kadir Gurkan","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2395236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17520363.2024.2395236","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the value of inflammatory markers for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence prediction after cryo-balloon ablation (CA).Materials & methods: The study included 399 patients divided into two groups by AF recurrence after CA. Inflammatory markers including uric acid/albumin ratio (UAR), systemic immune inflammation index (SIII) and CRP/albumin ratio (CAR) were evaluated.Results: UAR, SIII, and CAR were independently associated with the risk of recurrence in AF patients following CA. In ROC curve analysis, CAR had a greater area under curve (AUC:0.73) value than either SIII (AUC:0.68) or UAR (AUC:0.64).Conclusion: Our study results indicate that CAR compared with SIII and UAR had a greater predictive value than others inflammatory markers in predicting AF recurrence post-CA.","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Rajabi,Ali Saber,Joost Kluiver,Anke van den Berg,Mohammad Ali Hosseinpourfeizi,Reza Safaralizadeh
{"title":"NEAT1 and CHROMR lncRNAs: a promising diagnostic tool for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma especially in elderly patients.","authors":"Ali Rajabi,Ali Saber,Joost Kluiver,Anke van den Berg,Mohammad Ali Hosseinpourfeizi,Reza Safaralizadeh","doi":"10.1080/17520363.2024.2389036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17520363.2024.2389036","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Long non-coding (lnc) RNAs have crucial regulatory roles in molecular pathways, and their dysregulation is associated with the pathogenesis of malignancies such as Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Therefore, we aimed to study the NEAT1 and CHROMR expression in DLBCL and explore their association with clinicopathological characteristics.Methods & materials: DLBCL and non-tumor lymph node specimens were obtained to assess the expression levels.Results: NEAT1 and CHROMR expressions were significantly increased in DLBCL, and were linked with the age of DLBCL patients (aged >60). NEAT1 and CHROMR overexpression may serve as moderate-to-good diagnostic biomarkers, with NEAT1 and CHROMR exhibiting area under the curve values of 0.781 and 0.831, respectively.","PeriodicalId":9182,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in medicine","volume":"41 9 1","pages":"685-693"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}