Serum YKL-40 as a biomarker for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly elevated ALT.

Purpose: YKL-40 is a chitinase-like protein expressed in multiple tissues including liver and is reported as a fibrosis marker. This study aimed to determine whether YKL-40 could serve as a diagnostic marker for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly...

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Publicado en:Infection Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 385 - 394
Autores principales: Yan, Linlin, Deng, Yongqiong, Zhou, Jiyuan, Zhao, Hong, Wang, Guiqiang, China Hepb-Related Fibrosis Assessment Research Group
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2018
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          Yan, Linlin
          Deng, Yongqiong
          Zhou, Jiyuan
          Zhao, Hong
          Wang, Guiqiang
          China Hepb-Related Fibrosis Assessment Research Group
        affil: Department of Infectious Disease, Center for Liver Disease, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8, Xishiku Street, Xicheng District, 100034, Beijing, China
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          Liver Cirrhosis Diagnosis
          Biological Markers Blood
          Glycoproteins Blood
          Hepatitis B, Chronic
          Alanine Aminotransferase Blood
          Human
          Biopsy
          Disease Progression
          Hyaluronic Acid
          Aspartate Aminotransferase Blood
          Confidence Intervals
          Biological Assay
          Multivariate Analysis
          Sensitivity and Specificity
      ab: Purpose: YKL-40 is a chitinase-like protein expressed in multiple tissues including liver and is reported as a fibrosis marker. This study aimed to determine whether YKL-40 could serve as a diagnostic marker for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly elevated ALT.Methods: Six hundred and eighty-five patients with chronic hepatitis B infection were enrolled in this study from October 2013 to March 2016. All patients underwent liver biopsy and then staged based on Ishak histological system. Serum YKL-40 levels were measured by Human Magnetic Luminex Assays.Results: Among chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly elevated ALT, almost more than 30% of patients have significant liver fibrosis. Serum YKL-40 levels increased significantly in parallel with the progression of fibrosis in patients with ALT less than two times the upper limit of normal range (P < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis revealed that serum YKL-40, hyaluronic acid, PLT, and AST were independently associated with significant fibrosis. We established a novel YKL-40-based fibrosis model for patients with ALT less than two times the upper limit of normal range (ULN). YKL-40 model was superior to APRI, FIB-4, Forns’ index, and Hui model for diagnosis of significant fibrosis in patients with ALT < 2ULN, with AUROCs of 0.786 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.726-0.846] in the training group, 0.831 (95%CI 0.752-0.910) in the validation group and 0.801 (95%CI 0.753-0.849) in the entire cohort.Conclusion: Serum YKL-40 is a feasible biomarker of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients. YKL-40 model was superior to APRI, FIB-4, Forns’ index and Hui model for diagnosis of significant fibrosis in patients with normal and mildly elevated ALT.
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