Aim: The aim of this thesis was to measure a large spectrum of biomarkers in serum or plasma of patients with operable stage of NSCLC and to evaluate and compare the clinical utility of these biomarkers in the three most important clinical applications for NSCLC: diagnosis, prognosis and postsurgery follow up care. Patients and methods: Total of 22 biomarkers with the most promising profiles were monitored: 8 standard tumor markers (cytokeratines Cyfra 21-1, TPA, TPS, and MonoTotal, CEA, SCC, TK, Chromogranin A) and 14 potential useful biomarkers including pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1, pro-angiogenic cytokine VEGF, matrix metaloproteinases MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9 and their inhibitors TIMP-1 and TIMP-2, adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1, growth factor IGF-1, and PAI-1 stimulating tumor growth and angiogenesis. With a view of evaluating the clinical relevance of these markers for NSCLC we measured serum or plasma levels of these 22 markers in group of 93 patients with NSCLC undergoing radical surgery and in group of 20 patients with benign lung disease. For biomarker measurement were used conventional immunoanalytic routine methods (IRMA, REA, CLIA, MEIA, TRACE, ELISA) and multiplex immunoanalytic method. Results: Cyfra 21-1, MonoTotal, TPA, TPS, CEA, SCC, Chromogranin A, TIMP-1, MMP-1,...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:358410 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Pražáková, Markéta |
| Contributors | Topolčan, Ondřej, Ludvíková, Marie, Molino, Rafael |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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