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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Distribution of Presepsin, Krebs von den Lungen 6, and Surfactant Protein A in Umbilical Cord Blood.

Minjeong Nam, Mina Hur, Hanah Kim, Gun-Hyuk Lee, Mikyoung Park, Han-Sung Kwon, Han-Sung Hwang, In-Sook Sohn

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. 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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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Minjeong NamDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3542-3487
Mina HurDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4429-9978
Hanah KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3266-638X
Gun-Hyuk LeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, Korea.
Mikyoung ParkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 03312, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4815-6958
Han-Sung KwonDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4449-0481
Han-Sung HwangDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0622-0701
In-Sook SohnDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, Korea.
Konkuk University · KRKorea University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Presepsin is an early indicator of infection, and Krebs von den Lungen 6 (KL-6) and Surfactant Protein A (SP-A) are related to the pathogenesis of pulmonary infection and fibrosis. This study aimed to establish reference intervals (RIs) of presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels and to evaluate the possible influence of neonatal and maternal factors on presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels in umbilical cord blood (UCB). Among a total of 613 UCB samples, the outliers were removed. The RIs for presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels were defined using non-parametric percentile methods according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines (EP28-A3C). These levels were analyzed according to neonatal and maternal factors: neonatal sex, gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), Apgar score, delivery mode, the presence of premature rupture of membranes (PROM), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and pre-eclampsia. Presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels showed non-parametric distributions and left-skewed histograms. The RIs of presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels were 64.9-428.3 pg/mL, 43.0-172.0 U/mL, and 2.1-36.1 ng/mL, respectively. Presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels did not show significant differences according to sex, GA, BW, Apgar score, delivery mode, PROM, GDM, and pre-eclampsia. The median level and 97.5th centile RI of KL-6 showed a slight increase with increased GA. We established RIs for presepsin, KL-6, and SP-A levels in large-scaled UCB samples. Further investigation would be needed to determine the clinical significance.

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KL-6presepsinreference intervalSP-Aumbilical cord blood

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PMID36140614
PMCPMC9498084
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