Assessment of the correlation between serum prolidase and alpha-fetoprotein levels in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

作     者：Sevil Uygun Ilikhan Muammer Bilici Hatice Sahin Ayse Semra Demir Akca Murat Can Ibrahim Ilker Oz Berrak Guven M Cagatay Buyukuysal Yucel Ustundag 

作者机构：Department of Internal medicine Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family MedicineBülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine Department of Biostatistic Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Gastroenterology 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第21卷第22期

页      面：6999-7007页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Alpha-fetoprotein Hepatocellular carcinoma Prolidase Cirrhosis Macrovascular invasion 

摘      要：AIM: To determine the predictive value of increased prolidase activity that reflects increased collagen turnover in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).METHODS: Sixty-eight patients with HCC(mean age of 69.1 ± 10.1), 31 cirrhosis patients(mean age of59.3 ± 6.3) and 33 healthy volunteers(mean age of51.4 ± 12.6) were enrolled in this study. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to evaluate the association of serum α-fetoprotein(AFP) values with HCC clinicopathological features, such as tumor size,number and presence of vascular and macrovascular invasion. The patients with HCC were divided into groups according to tumor size, number and presence of vascular invasion(diameters; ≤ 3 cm, 3-5 cmand ≥ 5 cm, number; 1, 2 and ≥ 3, macrovascular invasion; yes/no). Barcelona-clinic liver cancer(BCLC)criteria were used to stage HCC patients. Serum samples for measurement of prolidase and alphafetoprotein levels were kept at-80 ℃ until *** levels were measured spectrophotometrically and AFP concentrations were determined by a chemiluminescence immunometric commercial diagnostic ***: In patients with HCC, prolidase and AFP values were evaluated according to tumor size, number,presence of macrovascular invasion and BCLC staging classification. Prolidase values were significantly higher in patients with HCC compared with controls(P 0.001). Prolidase levels were significantly associated with tumor size and number(P 0.001, P = 0.002,respectively). Prolidase levels also differed in patients in terms of BCLC staging classification(P 0.001).Furthermore the prolidase levels in HCC patients showed a significant difference compared with patients with cirrhosis(P 0.001). In HCC patients grouped according to tumor size, number and BCLC staging classification, AFP values differed separately(P = 0.032,P = 0.038, P = 0.015, respectively). In patients with HCC, there was a significant correlation(r = 0.616; P 0.001) between prolidase and AFP values in