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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2021

Cytokines, paraoxonase-1, periostin and non-invasive liver fibrosis scores in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and persistently elevated aminotransferases: A pilot study.

Mircea Vasile Milaciu, Lorena Ciumărnean, Daniela Maria Matei, Ștefan Cristian Vesa, Octavia Sabin, Ioana Corina Bocșan, Raluca Maria Pop, Vasile Negrean, Anca Dana Buzoianu, Monica Acalovschi

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Mircea Vasile MilaciuDepartment 5-Internal Medicine, 4th Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Lorena CiumărneanDepartment 5-Internal Medicine, 4th Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Daniela Maria MateiDepartment 5-Internal Medicine, 3rd Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ștefan Cristian VesaDepartment 2-Functional Sciences, Discipline of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Octavia SabinDepartment 2-Functional Sciences, Discipline of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioana Corina BocșanDepartment 2-Functional Sciences, Discipline of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Raluca Maria PopDepartment 2-Functional Sciences, Discipline of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Vasile NegreanDepartment 5-Internal Medicine, 4th Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Anca Dana BuzoianuDepartment 5-Internal Medicine, 3rd Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Monica AcalovschiDoctoral School, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association between paraoxonase-1 (PON1), periostin (POSTN), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10 serum concentration with non-invasive liver fibrosis scores, in a cohort of patients with NAFLD. We studied a cohort of 52 patients diagnosed with NAFLD. The NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS), Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4), AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) and BARD scores were calculated for each patient. We determined the PON1, POSTN, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10 serum values using ELISA kits. There was no correlation between PON1 or POSTN serum levels and non-invasive liver fibrosis. The TNF-α serum values were independently associated with the liver fibrosis scores (P=0.02 for NFS and P=0.002 for FIB-4). Age and metabolic syndrome were also independently linked to the fibrosis scores. In conclusion, serum levels of TNF-α, age and metabolic syndrome were associated with the non-invasive liver fibrosis scores.

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cytokinesfibrosis scoresnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseparaoxonase-1 concentrationperiostin

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