Serum Cathepsin H as a Potential Prognostic Marker in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Autor: Ib Jarle Christensen, Hans Jørgen Nielsen, N. Brünner, A Schweiger, Janko Kos, Steen Sørensen
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: The International Journal of Biological Markers. 19:289-294
ISSN: 1724-6008
DOI: 10.1177/172460080401900406
Popis: Cathepsin H is a lysosomal cysteine protease that may participate in tumor progression. In order to evaluate its potential as a prognostic marker, its protein levels were measured by ELISA in preoperative sera from 324 patients with colorectal cancer. The level of cathepsin H was significantly increased in patient sera, the median level was 8.4 ng/mL versus 2.1 ng/mL in 90 healthy blood donors (p
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