Fibulin-1: a novel biomarker for predicting disease activity of the thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

作者全名："Hu, Hong; Liang, Liang; Zheng, Xiaoya; Jiang, Xin; Fu, Zhizhen; Liu, Chun; Long, Jian"

作者地址："[Hu, Hong; Zheng, Xiaoya; Fu, Zhizhen; Liu, Chun; Long, Jian] Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Endocrinol, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Liang, Liang] Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing Key Lab Ophthalmol, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Liang, Liang] Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing Eye Inst, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Jiang, Xin] Third Mil Med Univ, Xingiao Hosp Third, Dept Endocrinol, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Long, J (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Endocrinol, Chongqing, Peoples R China."

来源：EYE

ESI学科分类：CLINICAL MEDICINE

WOS号：WOS:000886893500001

JCR分区：Q1

影响因子：3.9

年份：2022

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文献类型：Article; Early Access

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摘要："Purpose This study was designed to investigate the association between fibulin-1(FBLN1) and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). Method The plasma FBLN1 levels were measured in 80 participants, including 30 active TAO patients, 25 inactive TAO patients, and 25 Graves disease (GD) patients without TAO using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results TAO patients had significantly higher TRAb level than GD patients (p < 0.05). The active TAO patients consumed more tobacco and had higher CAS than inactive TAO patients (all p < 0.05). No significant differences were found in age, sex, and the level of FT3, FT4, and TSH between TAO and GD patients, and between the active and inactive TAO patients (all p > 0.05). The plasma FBLN1 level in TAO patients was higher than that in GD patients, and that in active patients was higher than that in inactive patients (all p < 0.05). Furthermore, the plasma FBLN1 level showed strong association with clinical activity score (CAS) of TAO (r = 0.67, p < 0.01). By receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, FBLN1 demonstrated good efficiency for predicting disease activity at the cut-off value > 625.33 pg/ml with a sensitivity of 93.3% and a specificity of 88.0% (AUC:0.92, p < 0.01). Conclusion The plasma FBLN1 levels correlated with TAO activity and a value >625.33 pg/ml was associated with active disease. Our results suggest that the plasma FBLN1 level could be a novel biomarker for predicting disease activity of TAO."

基金机构：Key projects of Chongqing Natural Science Foundation [cstc2020jcyj-zdxmX0016]

基金资助正文：This study is supported by Key projects of Chongqing Natural Science Foundation (NO:cstc2020jcyj-zdxmX0016).