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Plasma levels of the angiogenic cytokine Endocan are elevated in patients with multiple myeloma

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F18%3AA20020QJ" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/18:A20020QJ - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Plasma levels of the angiogenic cytokine Endocan are elevated in patients with multiple myeloma

  • Original language description

    Background/Aim: Monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS) and smoldering multiple myeloma often precede multiple myeloma (MM). The identification of biomarkers predicting progression to MM might facilitate an earlier diagnosis of MM. Our study assessed the diagnostic value of plasma levels of endocan, a 50-kDa soluble dermatan sulfate proteoglycan produced and secreted by endothelial cells, hitherto unknown in MM, in patients with plasma cell dyscrasia. Materials and Methods: Endocan levels were determined in 96 peripheral blood plasma samples by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in healthy controls (n=12), in patients with MGUS (n=17), and in patients newly diagnosed with (n=42) or relapsed/refractory (n=25) MM. Results: Median endocan concentration increased from MGUS (315.00 pg/ml) and healthy controls (316.19 pg/ml) to newly-diagnosed MM (371.82 pg/ml; p=0.027). The low endocan levels (median=246.20 pg/ml) in patients with relapsed/refractory MM were similar to those in healthy controls and patients with MGUS. A cut-off value of >220 pg/ml endocan in peripheral blood discriminated patients newly diagnosed with MM from those with MGUS (area under the curve(AUC)=0.66, 95% confidence interval(CI)=0.55-0.81). Conclusion: The plasma levels of endocan can non-invasively differentiate patients newly diagnosed with MM from those with MGUS and should therefore be evaluated prospectively as a potential diagnostic marker.

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  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    D - Article in proceedings

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    30205 - Hematology

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Others

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Article name in the collection

    ONCOLOGY RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

  • ISBN

  • ISSN

    2296-5270

  • e-ISSN

    2296-5262

  • Number of pages

    1

  • Pages from-to

    192-193

  • Publisher name

    KARGER, ALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

  • Place of publication

    BASEL, SWITZERLAND

  • Event location

    .

  • Event date

    Jan 1, 2018

  • Type of event by nationality

    EUR - Evropská akce

  • UT code for WoS article

    000446816500467