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Increased serum xylosyltransferase activity in patients with liver fibrosis
Joachim Kuhn1, Olav A Gressner, Christian Götting
1Institut für Laboratoriums- und Transfusionsmedizin, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. jkuhn@hdz-nrw.de
Background:
We investigated the xylosyltransferase (XT) activity in the serum of liver fibrotic patients with hepatitis C virus induced liver fibrosis at different stages as determined according to the scoring system of Desmet and Scheuer.
Methods:
Measurement of XT activity was performed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Results:
We found that serum XT activity in males (n=59, median+/-SD, 27.2+/-2.8 mU/L, p<0.001) and females (n=54, 23.6+/-3.0 mU/L, p<0.01) with liver fibrosis is significantly elevated in comparison to a corresponding healthy control cohort of males (n=50, 23.9+/-2.8 mU/L) and females (n=52, 21.5+/-3.7 mU/L), respectively. Of note, independent from gender, serum XT activity positively correlated with the stage of fibrosis but declined again in patients with histologically proven cirrhosis.
Conclusions:
XT activity is increased in the serum of patients with liver fibrosis at different stages, pointing to a possible pathogenetic role in elevated proteoglycan biosynthesis in fibrotic remodeling of this organ during chronic injury.
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