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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2018

The characteristics of transferrin variants by carbohydrate-deficient transferrin tests using capillary zone electrophoresis.

Gilsung Yoo, Juwon Kim, Kap Joon Yoon, Jong-Han Lee

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Gilsung YooDepartments of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Juwon KimDepartments of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Kap Joon YoonDepartments of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Jong-Han LeeDepartments of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-8443
Yonsei University · KR

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Abstract

backgroundTransferrin is the major plasma transport protein for iron. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of transferrin variant by carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) test using capillary zone electrophoresis.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed the CDT tests of 2449 patients from March 2009 to May 2017 at a tertiary hospital in Korea. CDT was quantified using a Capillarys 2 system (Sebia, Lisses, France) by capillary zone electrophoresis. The characteristics of variant transferrin patterns using electropherogram of CDT tests were analyzed.

resultsSeventy-seven (3.1%) patients were classified as variant transferrin. Mean age of these patients was 51.8 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 3.5:1. The most common variants were the BC variants (n = 37), followed by the CD variants (n = 27), unclear patterns (n = 7), BD variants (n = 3), CC variants (n = 2), misclassification (n = 1). In the variant Tf group, the most common disease was alcoholic liver cirrhosis (n = 22, 28.6%), followed by the toxic effects of substances (n = 17, 22.1%), and mental and behavioral disorders attributable to alcohol (n = 11, 14.3%). Nonvariant group showed a predominance of the toxic substance effects (n = 880, 37.1%), a personal history of suicide attempts (n = 634, 26.7%), and mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol (n = 336, 14.2%).

conclusionWe analyzed the basic characteristics of variant transferrin by CDT tests using capillary zone electrophoresis. The prevalence of variant transferrin was 3.1% of the study subjects. Male patients, alcohol abusers, and liver cirrhosis patients predominated in the variant transferrin population. Further prospective studies are warranted to elucidate variant transferrin in clinical practice.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlcoholismElectrophoresis, CapillaryFemaleHumansLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedProtein IsoformsRetrospective StudiesTransferrinYoung Adultcarbohydrate-deficient transferrinProtein IsoformsTransferrinalcohol abusecapillary zone electrophoresiscarbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT)liver cirrhosisvariant transferrin

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PMID29665075
PMCPMC6817211
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