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Serum cystatin C in patients with myeloma
H Finney1, A H Williams, C P Price
1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Royal London Hospital, Barts and The London NHS Trust, Whitechapel, E1 1BB, London, UK. Hazel.Finney@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
Background:
Cystatin C is a low molecular weight protein thought to be synthesised by all nucleated cells and freely filtered by the kidney. It has been proposed as a marker for GFR; however, it has been suggested that there may be limitations to its use, because it may be over-expressed in some tumour cells and the abnormal tissue growth may also lead to an increased circulating level.
Methods:
We investigated the serum cystatin C levels in 60 patients with myeloma, comparing results with those for serum creatinine, beta(2)-microglobulin and the paraprotein concentration.
Results:
We found no correlation between cystatin C and the paraprotein concentration in these patients.
Conclusion:
These results suggest that disease burden does not correlate to the circulating level of cystatin C in patients with myeloma.
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