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Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies
BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT), a precursor protein of the hormone calcitonin, is a sensitive inflammatory marker in human medicine, which is primarily used for diagnosis of bacterial sepsis, but is also useful in diagnosis of exacerbation of asthma and COPD. In this study, PCT was evaluated as a p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5148850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27938364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0912-4 |
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author | Barton, Ann Kristin Pelli, Anna Rieger, Martin Gehlen, Heidrun |
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description | BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT), a precursor protein of the hormone calcitonin, is a sensitive inflammatory marker in human medicine, which is primarily used for diagnosis of bacterial sepsis, but is also useful in diagnosis of exacerbation of asthma and COPD. In this study, PCT was evaluated as a potential biomarker for different chronic pneumopathies in the horse using an equine specific ELISA in comparison to established clinical markers and different interleukins. Sixty-four horses were classified as free of respiratory disease, recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), inflammatory airway disease (IAD) or chronic interstitial pneumopathy (CIP) using a scoring system. PCT concentrations were measured in plasma (n = 17) and in the cell-free supernatant of bronchoalveolar lavage (n = 64). PCT concentrations were correlated to interleukins IL-1ß and IL-6 in BALF, clinical findings and BALF cytology. RESULTS: The median PCT concentrations in plasma were increased in respiratory disease (174.46 ng/ml, n = 7) compared to controls (13.94 ng/ml, n = 10, P = 0.05) and correlated to PCT in BALF supernatant (rs = 0.48). Compared to controls (5.49 ng/ml, n = 15), median PCT concentrations in BALF supernatant correlated to the overall clinical score (rs = 0.32, P = 0.007) and were significantly increased in RAO (13.40 ng/ml, n = 21) and IAD (16.89 ng/ml, n = 16), while no differences were found for CIP (12.02 ng/ml, n = 12). No significant increases were found for IL-1 and IL-6 between controls and respiratory disease in general as well as different disease groups. CONCLUSIONS: Although some correlations were found between PCT in plasma, BALF supernatant and clinical scores, PCT in BALF does not seem to be a superior marker compared to established clinical markers. PCT in plasma seems to be more promising and a greater number of samples should be evaluated in further studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-51488502016-12-15 Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies Barton, Ann Kristin Pelli, Anna Rieger, Martin Gehlen, Heidrun BMC Vet Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT), a precursor protein of the hormone calcitonin, is a sensitive inflammatory marker in human medicine, which is primarily used for diagnosis of bacterial sepsis, but is also useful in diagnosis of exacerbation of asthma and COPD. In this study, PCT was evaluated as a potential biomarker for different chronic pneumopathies in the horse using an equine specific ELISA in comparison to established clinical markers and different interleukins. Sixty-four horses were classified as free of respiratory disease, recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), inflammatory airway disease (IAD) or chronic interstitial pneumopathy (CIP) using a scoring system. PCT concentrations were measured in plasma (n = 17) and in the cell-free supernatant of bronchoalveolar lavage (n = 64). PCT concentrations were correlated to interleukins IL-1ß and IL-6 in BALF, clinical findings and BALF cytology. RESULTS: The median PCT concentrations in plasma were increased in respiratory disease (174.46 ng/ml, n = 7) compared to controls (13.94 ng/ml, n = 10, P = 0.05) and correlated to PCT in BALF supernatant (rs = 0.48). Compared to controls (5.49 ng/ml, n = 15), median PCT concentrations in BALF supernatant correlated to the overall clinical score (rs = 0.32, P = 0.007) and were significantly increased in RAO (13.40 ng/ml, n = 21) and IAD (16.89 ng/ml, n = 16), while no differences were found for CIP (12.02 ng/ml, n = 12). No significant increases were found for IL-1 and IL-6 between controls and respiratory disease in general as well as different disease groups. CONCLUSIONS: Although some correlations were found between PCT in plasma, BALF supernatant and clinical scores, PCT in BALF does not seem to be a superior marker compared to established clinical markers. PCT in plasma seems to be more promising and a greater number of samples should be evaluated in further studies. BioMed Central 2016-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5148850/ /pubmed/27938364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0912-4 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Barton, Ann Kristin Pelli, Anna Rieger, Martin Gehlen, Heidrun Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
title | Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
title_full | Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
title_fullStr | Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
title_full_unstemmed | Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
title_short | Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
title_sort | procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5148850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27938364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0912-4 |
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