| STEINER, Normann, Roman HAJEK, Sabina ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Bojana BORJAN, Gerold UNTERGASSER, Georg GOBEL and Eberhard GUNSILIUS. The Plasma Levels of the Angiogenic Cytokine Endocan Are Elevated in Patients with Multiple Myeloma. Anticancer Research. Athens: International Institute of Anticancer Research, 2018, vol. 38, No 9, p. 5087-5092. ISSN 0250-7005. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12828. |
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@article{1483020,
author = {Steiner, Normann and Hajek, Roman and Ševčíková, Sabina and Borjan, Bojana and Untergasser, Gerold and Gobel, Georg and Gunsilius, Eberhard},
article_location = {Athens},
article_number = {9},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12828},
keywords = {Multiple myeloma; endocan; biomarker},
language = {eng},
issn = {0250-7005},
journal = {Anticancer Research},
title = {The Plasma Levels of the Angiogenic Cytokine Endocan Are Elevated in Patients with Multiple Myeloma},
volume = {38},
year = {2018}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1483020
AU - Steiner, Normann - Hajek, Roman - Ševčíková, Sabina - Borjan, Bojana - Untergasser, Gerold - Gobel, Georg - Gunsilius, Eberhard
PY - 2018
TI - The Plasma Levels of the Angiogenic Cytokine Endocan Are Elevated in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
JF - Anticancer Research
VL - 38
IS - 9
SP - 5087-5092
EP - 5087-5092
PB - International Institute of Anticancer Research
SN - 02507005
KW - Multiple myeloma
KW - endocan
KW - biomarker
N2 - Background/Aim: Monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS) and smoldering multiple myeloma often precede multiple myeloma (MM). The identification of biomarkers predicting progression to MM might facilitate an earlier diagnosis of MM. Our study assessed the diagnostic value of plasma levels of endocan, a 50-kDa soluble dermatan sulfate proteoglycan produced and secreted by endothelial cells, hitherto unknown in MM, in patients with plasma cell dyscrasia. Materials and Methods: Endocan levels were determined in 96 peripheral blood plasma samples by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in healthy controls (n=12), in patients with MGUS (n=17), and in patients newly diagnosed with (n=42) or relapsed/refractory (n=25) MM. Results: Median endocan concentration increased from MGUS (315.00 pg/ml) and healthy controls (316.19 pg/ml) to newly-diagnosed MM (371.82 pg/ml; p=0.027). The low endocan levels (median=246 .20 pg/ml) in patients with relapsed/refractory MM were similar to those in healthy controls and patients with MG US. A cut-off value of >220 pg/ml endocan in peripheral blood discriminated patients newly diagnosed with MM from those with MGUS (area under the curve(AUC)=0.66, 95% confidence interval(CI)=0.55-0.81). Conclusion: The plasma levels of endocan can non-invasively differentiate patients newly diagnosed with MM from those with MGUS and should therefore be evaluated prospectively as a potential diagnostic marker.
ER -
STEINER, Normann, Roman HAJEK, Sabina ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Bojana BORJAN, Gerold UNTERGASSER, Georg GOBEL and Eberhard GUNSILIUS. The Plasma Levels of the Angiogenic Cytokine Endocan Are Elevated in Patients with Multiple Myeloma. \textit{Anticancer Research}. Athens: International Institute of Anticancer Research, 2018, vol.~38, No~9, p.~5087-5092. ISSN~0250-7005. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12828.
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