研究关键词pelvic organ prolapse・genome wide association study・renal cell carcinoma biomarkers・prostate cancer markers・MUC1 expression・LOXL polymorphisms
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Increased level of serum leucine-rich-alpha-2-glycoprotein 1 in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma2024 · BACKGROUND: Currently, no useful serum markers exist for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), making early detection challenging as diagnosis relies solely on imaging tests. Radiation exposure is also a concern due to multiple required CT examinations during treatment. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) histological types include ccRCC and non-clear cell RCC (non-ccRCC); however, treatment response to medications varies which necessitates accurate differentiation between the two. Therefore, we aimed to identify a novel serum marker of RCC. Increased LRG1 expression in the serum has been demonstrated in multiple cancer types. However, the expression of LRG1 expression in the serum and cancer tissues of patients with RCC has not been reported. Since ccRCC is a hypervascular tumor and LRG1 is capable of accelerating angiogenesis, we hypothesized that the LRG1 levels may be related to ccRCC. Therefore, we examined LRG1 expression in sera from patients with RCC. METHODS: Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, serum levels of leucine-rich-alpha-2-glycoprotein 1 (LRG1) were measured in 64 patients with ccRCC and 22 patients non-ccRCC who underwent radical or partial nephrectomy, as well as in 63 patients without cancer. RESULTS: Median values of serum LRG1 and their inter-quartile ranges were 63.2 (42.8-94.2) µg/mL in ccRCC, 23.4 (17.7-29.6) µg/mL in non-ccRCC, and 36.0 (23.7-56.7) µg/mL in patients without cancer, respectively (ccRCC vs. non-ccRCC or patients without cancer: P < 0.001). C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (P = 0.002), anemia (P = 0.037), hypercalcemia (P = 0.023), and grade (P = 0.031) were independent predictors of serum LRG1 levels in ccRCC. To assess diagnostic performance, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of serum LRG1 was utilized to differentiate ccRCC from non-cancer and non-ccRCC, with values of 0.73 (95% CI, 0.64-0.82) and 0.91 (95% CI, 0.82-0.96), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: LRG1 served as a serum marker associated with inflammation, indicated by CRP, anemia, hypercalcemia, and malignant potential in ccRCC. Clinically, serum LRG1 levels may assist in differentiating ccRCC from non-ccRCC with excellent diagnostic accuracy.
Genome-wide association studies for pelvic organ prolapse in the Japanese population2024 · Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) affects approximately 40% of elderly women, characterized by thedescent of the pelvic organs into the vaginal cavity. Here we present the results of a genome-wideassociation study (GWAS) for susceptibility to POP comprising 771 cases and 76,625 controls in theJapanese population. We identified a significant association of WT1 locus with POP in the Japanesepopulation; rs10742277; odds ratio (OR) = 1.48, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.29–1.68,P = 6.72 × 10−9. Subsequent cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis combining the Japanese data andpreviously reported European data, including 28,857 cases and 622,916 controls, identified FGFR2locus as a novel susceptibility locus to POP (rs7072877; OR = 1.06, 95% CI, 1.04–1.08,P = 4.11 × 10−8). We also observed consistent directions of the effects for 21 out of 24 European GWASderived loci (binomial test P = 2.8 × 10−4), indicating that most of susceptibility loci for POP are sharedacross the Japanese and European populations.