The enzyme immunoassay antinuclear antibody (EIA ANA) screening test method is a new assay format for the qualitative determination of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) in human serum or plasma. This assay method collectively detects ANAs against double stranded DNA (dsDNA), SS-A/Ro, SS-B/La, Scl-70, Sm, and Sm/RNP antigens, along with serum positive for peripheral, homogeneous, speckled, nucleolar, and centromere patterns. This assay correlated well with data obtained with hemagglutination tests for specific ANA antigens, with the indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) ANA HEp-2 test, and with the Crithidia luciliae IFA test for anti-dsDNA. This new test procedure is both highly specific and sensitive and substantially decreases the time involved when screening large numbers of patient samples.
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Front Cell Infect Microbiol
January 2025
Clinic of Polish Gastroenterology Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.
Background: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a cholestatic, autoimmune liver disease with the presence of characteristic autoantibodies. The aim of the work was to determine the level of antibodies directed against bacterial antigens: (anti-anti), (anti-), (anti- ) and () in sera of PBC patients. We also performed studies on the impact of the bacterial peptides on the specific antigen-antibody binding.
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January 2025
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Erzincan, Türkiye.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of amoebiasis, which has been neglected in recent years according to the World Health Organization, in ulcerative colitis patients and investigate the relationship between amoebiasis and ulcerative colitis.
Methods: The study included 150 individuals, including 100 ulcerative colitis patients and 50 healthy individuals without gastrointestinal complaints. The samples collected were first analyzed macroscopically and then using native-Lugol, trichrome staining, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
J Neuroendocrinol
January 2025
Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1144, INSERM, Paris, France.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with early metabolic dysfunction and adiponectin, which may play a pathophysiological role. Adiponectin is implicated in the regulation of energy homeostasis, carbohydrate, and lipid metabolism, as well as in inflammation modulation. The aim of this study was to study whether plasma adiponectin levels were different between patients with AD confirmed by biomarkers and neurological control subjects.
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January 2025
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.
Objective: This study investigates whether urinary cortisol (UC) and UC-to-creatinine ratio (UCCR) perform better than basal serum cortisol (BSC) in identifying dogs with hypoadrenocorticism (HA).
Methods: A retrospective, multicenter study with 120 client-owned dogs included: 20 with HA, 42 healthy, and 60 with diseases mimicking HA. The UC and UCCR were determined on urine samples using a chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay.
Arq Bras Cardiol
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine - Shengzhou People's Hospital (Shengzhou Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, the Shengzhou Hospital of Shaoxing University), Zhejiang - China.
Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a common and severe form of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels with the severity of STEMI and their predictive value for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) within one year after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in STEMI patients.
Methods: The retrospective study was conducted on 269 STEMI patients who underwent PCI.
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