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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

Serum N-glycan profiling as a diagnostic biomarker for the identification and assessment of psoriasis.

Chengyun Zou, Chenjun Huang, Li Yan, Xin Li, Meng Xing, Bin Li, Chunfang Gao, Haiying Wang

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. 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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Chengyun ZouShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5064-8871
Chenjun HuangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Li YanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xin LiDepartment of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Meng XingDepartment of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Bin LiDepartment of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Chunfang GaoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Haiying WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNSecond Military Medical University · CN

Funding

Chinese medicine scientific research project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission 2020 JZ001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlycosylation is an important post-translational modification of protein. The change in glycosylation is involved in the occurrence and development of various diseases, and this study verified that N-glycan markers might be a diagnostic marker in psoriasis.

methodsA total of 76 psoriasis patients were recruited. We used Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) scores to evaluate the state of psoriasis, 41 of whom were divided into three subgroups: mild, moderate, and severe. At the same time, 76 healthy subjects were enrolled as a control group. We used DNA sequencer-assisted fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (DSA-FACE) to analyze serum N-glycan profiling.

resultsCompared with the healthy controls, the relative abundance of structures in peaks 5(NA2), 9(NA3Fb), 11(NA4), and 12(NA4Fb) was elevated (p < .05), while that in peaks 3(NG1A2F), 4(NG1A2F), 6(NA2F), and 7(NA2FB) was decreased (p < .05) in the psoriasis group. The abundance of peak 5 (NA2) increased gradually with the aggravation of disease severity though there was no statistically significant, was probably correlated with the disease severity. The best area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of the logistic regression model (PglycoA) to diagnose psoriasis was 0.867, with a sensitivity of 72.37%, a specificity of 85.53%, a positive predictive value(PPV) of 83.33%, a negative predictive value(NPV) of 75.58%, and an accuracy of 78.95%.

conclusionsOur study indicated that the N-glycan-based diagnostic model would be a new, valuable, and noninvasive alternative for diagnosing psoriasis. Furthermore, the characteristic distinctive N-glycan marker might be correlated with the severity gradation of the psoriasis disease.

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GlycomicsArea Under CurveBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPolysaccharidesPredictive Value of TestsPsoriasisROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkersPolysaccharidesbiomarkerdiagnostic modelglycosylationN-glycan profilingpsoriasis

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