0 553

Cited 8 times in

Elevated serum interleukin-32 levels in patients with endometriosis: A cross-sectional study

Authors
 Young Sik Choi  ;  Sinae Kim  ;  Young Sang Oh  ;  SiHyun Cho  ;  Sung Hoon Kim 
Citation
 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY, Vol.82(2) : e13149, 2019 
Journal Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN
 1046-7408 
Issue Date
2019
Keywords
CA-125 ; IL-32 ; biomarker ; endometriosis
Abstract
PROBLEM: Recently, interleukin (IL)-32 has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether serum IL-32 level might be used as a biomarker for diagnosis of endometriosis.

METHOD OF STUDY: We recruited the serum samples of 50 patients with histologically confirmed endometriosis and 35 controls. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to analyze the serum IL-32, IL-6, IL-10, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, IL-1β, and CA-125 levels in patients with and without the disease and the diagnostic potentials of the cytokines were assessed using receiver operating characteristic curve and the area under the curve (AUC).

RESULTS: Among evaluated cytokines, only serum IL-32 levels showed significant differences between patients with and without endometriosis (1111.24 ± 149.59 vs 631.10 ± 120.23 ng/mL, P = 0.018, respectively). When the diagnostic power of serum IL-32 was evaluated, the AUC was 0.638 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.521-0.766, P = 0.031). When serum IL-32 levels were combined with serum CA-125 levels, the AUC was increased to 0.749 (95% CI: 0.640-0.858, P < 0.001) with sensitivity and specificity of 60.0% and 82.9% at cutoff value of 0.640, which led to detect 25 more cases of endometriosis than the use of serum CA 125 with the cutoff value of 35 IU/mL (36/50 vs 11/50, P < 0.001) without sacrificing the specificity of the marker.

CONCLUSION: Serum IL-32 levels are elevated in patients with endometriosis, and with combination of serum CA-125 levels, it may serve as a potential biomarker for endometriosis.
Full Text
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aji.13149
DOI
10.1111/aji.13149
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology (산부인과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Yonsei Biomedical Research Center (연세의생명연구원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Sung Hoon(김성훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1645-7473
Kim, Si Nae(김시내)
Cho, Si Hyun(조시현) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2718-6645
Choi, Young Sik(최영식) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-4822
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/173276
사서에게 알리기
  feedback

qrcode

Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Browse

Links