Serum progranulin levels in paediatric patients with Gaucher disease; relation to disease severity and liver stiffness by transient elastography
Autor: | Nouran Yousef Salah, Eman Abdel Rahman Ismail, Amira Abdel Moneam Adly, Shereen Abdel Alem, Hesham Ibrahim Elsantiel, Azza A.G. Tantawy |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Liver Cirrhosis
medicine.medical_specialty Disease Severity of Illness Index Gastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences Progranulins 0302 clinical medicine Liver stiffness Internal medicine White blood cell medicine Humans Child Gaucher Disease Hepatology business.industry Enzyme replacement therapy medicine.disease Dysphagia medicine.anatomical_structure Liver 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Elasticity Imaging Techniques 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology medicine.symptom Age of onset Transient elastography business Viral hepatitis |
Zdroj: | Liver International. 40:3051-3060 |
ISSN: | 1478-3231 1478-3223 |
DOI: | 10.1111/liv.14598 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND Non-invasive screening for liver fibrosis using transient elastography (TE) could be of value in the management of Gaucher disease (GD). Progranulin (PGRN) is a novel disease modifier in GD and an independent marker of liver fibrosis. OBJECTIVES We determined PGRN levels in paediatric patients with GD and assessed its role as a potential marker for disease severity and relation to liver stiffness by TE. METHODS Fifty-one GD patients (20 had type 1 and 31 had type 3) with a median age of 9.5 years were compared to 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls and were studied focusing on visceral manifestations, neurological disease, haematological profile and PGRN levels as well as abdominal ultrasound and TE. Patients were on enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for various durations and those with viral hepatitis infection were excluded. RESULTS By TE, 14 GD patients (27.5%) had elevated liver stiffness ≥7.0 kPa. Liver stiffness was significantly higher in type 1 GD patients than type 3 (P = .002), in splenectomized patients (P = .012) and those with dysphagia (P |
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