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ArticleBiochemia medica2016

Urinary orosomucoid: validation of an automated immune turbidimetric test and its possible clinical use.

Péter Kustán, Balázs Szirmay, Zoltán Horváth-Szalai, Andrea Ludány, Ágnes Lakatos, Diána Mühl, Per Hjort Christensen, Attila Miseta, Gábor L Kovács, Tamás Kőszegi

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Article in Biochemia medica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Péter KustánDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Balázs SzirmayDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Zoltán Horváth-SzalaiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Andrea LudányDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Ágnes LakatosDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Diána MühlDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Per Hjort ChristensenDako A/S, Glostrup, Denmark.
Attila MisetaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
Gábor L KovácsDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary; Szentágothai Research Centre, Pécs, Hungary.
Tamás KőszegiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary; Szentágothai Research Centre, Pécs, Hungary.
University of Pecs · HUGlostrup Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBesides routine serum markers of inflammatory diseases, the diagnostic potential of selected urinary proteins has not been fully exploited yet. Former studies revealed that urinary orosomucoid (u-ORM) might have complementary information in inflammatory disorders. Our aim was to develop and validate a fully automated method for u-ORM measurements and to evaluate its potential clinical impact on systemic inflammatory diseases. MATERIALS AND

methodsA particle-enhanced immune turbidimetric assay was validated for a Cobas 8000/c502 analyzer to determine u-ORM levels. Spot urine samples from 72 healthy individuals, 28 patients with Crohn's disease and 30 septic patients were studied.

resultsOur assay time was 10 minutes and the detection limit of u-ORM was 0.02 mg/L. The intra- and inter-assay imprecision expressed as CV was less than 5%, and the recovery ranged between 95-103%. Within 10 to 60 years of age, a preliminary reference range for urinary orosomucoid/creatinine ratio (u-ORM/u-CREAT) was found to be 0.08 (0.01-0.24) mg/mmol [median (2.5-97.5 percentiles)]. Compared to controls, a five-fold increase of u-ORM/u-CREAT values in Crohn's disease and approximately a 240-fold increase in sepsis were observed.

conclusionsWe set up a fast, sensitive and precise turbidimetric approach for automated u-ORM determination. Our highly sensitive assay is ideal for routine u-ORM measurements and might be a potential novel laboratory test in the management of systemic inflammatory processes.

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Case-Control StudiesCrohn DiseaseHumansLimit of DetectionNephelometry and TurbidimetryOrosomucoidReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsSepsisOrosomucoidbiomarkerinflammationorosomucoidparticle-enhanced turbidimetryurine

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