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Maria Stella Graziani

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Martina Zaninotto

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Giuseppe Agosta

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Chiara Riva
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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
ISSN digital: 0392- 7091



BC: Articoli scritti da R.M. Russo

Confronto tra marcatori sierici di fibrosi e biopsia epatica
A comparison between serum biomarkers of fibrosis and liver biopsy
<p>Hepatic fibrosis is a common response to&nbsp;prolonged liver injury and the liver biopsy is the standard method for assessing it. However, searching for alternative&nbsp;noninvasive approaches is important and immunoenzymatic assays using monoclonal antibodies have been recently&nbsp;developed to investigate the diagnostic utility of serum biomarkers. In this study, we explore the relationship between&nbsp;the grade of liver fibrosis and some biochemical parameters. We considered the following markers: collagen IV (CIV),&nbsp;coliglicin (CG), hyaluronic acid (HA), laminin (LN) and aminoterminal procollagen type III peptide (PIIIP). All markers&nbsp;were analyzed by new chemiluminescence immunoassays. We enrolled 36 patients with liver disease and available&nbsp;liver biopsy data. Furthermore, we compared the serum marker concentrations of patients with those of 16 healthy&nbsp;volunteers. Results showed a significant increase in concentrations of CIV, CG and PIIIP in patients with liver fibrosis.&nbsp;For CIV and PIIIP, a significant difference was also observed among groups with different fibrosis grade. In particular,&nbsp;a significant increase was evident in patients with early fibrosis when compared to patients without fibrosis.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 39(3) 188-192
Contributi scientifici - Scientific Papers