ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2016
Clinical significance of serum laminin and type-IV collagen levels in cutaneous melanoma patients.
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- Cost-effective Mueller matrix microscopy for label-free differentiation of melanoma from normal skin and common skin cancer types.Biomedical optics express · 2025Article
- Application of Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Biosensors for Determination of Fibronectin, Laminin-5, and Type IV Collagen in Plasma, Urine, and Tissue of Renal Cell Carcinoma.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Laminin and type-IV collagen constitute a significant portion of the extracellular matrix. The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether the serum concentrations of laminin and type-IV collagen may serve as biomarkers for cutaneous melanoma. Sixty pathologically confirmed melanoma patients were enrolled in the study. Serum laminin and type-IV collagen levels were assessed using an ELISA. Thirty healthy controls were also examined. No significant differences in the baseline serum levels of laminin were identified between melanoma patients and healthy controls (P=0.45). However, the baseline serum levels of type-IV collagen were significantly elevated in melanoma patients compared with those in the control group (P<0.001). Clinical parameters, including patient age, gender, localization of lesion, histopathology, stage of disease, serum lactate dehydrogenase concentrations and responsiveness to chemotherapy were found not to be associated with the serum levels of laminin and type-IV collagen (P>0.05). Furthermore, the serum levels of laminin and type-IV collagen had no prognostic value regarding the outcome for melanoma patients (P=0.36 and P=0.26, respectively). While laminin levels showed no diagnostic value, the serum concentrations of type-IV collagen were indicated to serve as a diagnostic marker in patients with cutaneous melanoma. In conclusion, type-IV collagen levels may be used as a diagnostic marker for cutaneous melanoma, while being void of any prognostic value.
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