Low level of plasma fibulin-1 in patients with thyroid lesions: a case-control study and literature review

Abstract Investigating novel biomarkers discriminating thyroid nodules is a matter of great importance for differential diagnosis. The current study was planned to investigate the diagnostic value of fibulin-1 in plasma specimens of patients with thyroid nodules. A literature review was also performed to gain an understanding of the existing research relevant to the main role of fibulin-1 in carcinogenesis. In this case-control study, the levels of plasma fibulin-1 were compared in 82 subjects including papillary thyroid cancer (PTC; n = 30), multinodular goiter (MNG; n = 30), and healthy subjects (n = 22) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Fibulin-1 levels of patients with PTC and MNG were documented to be significantly lower than those of healthy subjects (PTC vs. Healthy; P = 0.000, MNG vs. Healthy; P = 0.000). No statistically significant differences were found between PTC and MNG groups when fibulin-1 levels were compared (P > 0.05). Low level of plasma fibulin-1 was associated with an increased risk of PTC tumorigenesis (odds ratio = 0.810; 95% CI: 0.704–0.933; P = 0.003). Further, fibulin-1 had an appropriate diagnostic value for detecting PTC patients with a sensitivity of 73.33%, and specificity of 100% at the cutoff value > 4.9 (ng/ml). According to the results of the present research which are tied well with previous studies, the abnormal downregulation of fibulin-1 may play a role in the PTC and MNG tumorigenesis. In addition, fibulin-1 probably promotes the development and progression of other human cancer; however, further studies are needed to improve current understandings..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Molecular biology reports - 47(2020), 11 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 8859-8866

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hedayati, Mehdi [VerfasserIn]
Abooshahab, Raziyeh [VerfasserIn]
Razavi, S. Adeleh [VerfasserIn]
Salehipour, Pouya [VerfasserIn]
Ahmadikia, Kazem [VerfasserIn]
Boroomand, Seti [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

42.13

Themen:

Extracellular matrix
Fibulin-1
Gene
Multinodular goiter
Papillary thyroid cancer

doi:

10.1007/s11033-020-05938-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR042074495