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Li Xue1, Xiaolan Lu2, Juntao He1
1Department of Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, PR China.
Background:
CK 18-M30 was increased in patients with NAFLD. However, little is known about the relationship between CK 18-M30 and NAFLD progression. We aimed to analyze the variety of CK 18-M30 and other metabolism indices during NAFLD progression. Meanwhile, we aimed to investigate the correlation between CK 18-M30 and liver pathology during NAFLD progression.
Materials And Methods:
Rats were fed with high sucrose and high fat diet for building NAFLD models. We detected liver pathology by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. We also detected serum CK 18-M30 and metabolism indices including liver enzymes, serum lipids and glycometabolism indices.
Results:
The aggravating degree of liver pathology appeared with prolonged feeding period. The relevance of CK 18-M30 to the severity of liver pathology were higher relative to other indices.
Conclusion:
Our results suggested the significance of CK 18-M30 in the progression of NAFLD and provided new evidence for the early diagnosis and prognostic estimation of NAFLD.
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