Comparison of tumor markers and inflammatory biomarkers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations
- 28 November 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
- Vol. 75 (2), 126-132
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2014.992944
Abstract
The aim of the present study was: (a) to measure levels of the tumor markers, Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), Cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), Cancer antigen 125 (CA125), Neuron specific enolase (NSE) and Cytokeratin fragments 19 (CYFRA21-1); (b) to investigate any correlation between them and the inflammatory biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP), Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and white blood cells count (WBC), in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, who belong in groups of severity C and D, as classified by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD); (c) and finally, to compare these results in these two groups. Fifty-two patients with COPD exacerbation [35 male/17 female, mean age (± SD) 68.3 ± 6.4 years] were the study subjects, and were classified in severity groups C (n = 27) and D (n = 25), based on the spirometric classification, the number of exacerbations in the preceding year and the assessment of their symptoms by GOLD. Results. CEA and CA125 were increased in group D. In group C, there was a significant correlation between CRP and CA125 (p = 0.05). In group D, there was a significant correlation between WBC and NSE (p = 0.02), between CRP and CA19-9 (p = 0.02) and NSE (p < 0.001), and between the ESR and NSE (p = 0.03). CA125 (p = 0.01) and CA19-9 (p = 0.01) were significantly higher in group D compared to group C. In contrast, there was no significant difference in two groups for NSE, CEA and CYFRA21-1. Certain tumor markers were increased and were associated with increased levels of inflammatory biomarkers and with the disease severity. Inflammation might have a key pathogenetic role linking the above tumor markers with the severity of COPD.Keywords
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