Canpolat-Erkan Revsa Evin, Tekin Recep, Sula Bilal
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Dec 20;14(24):2869. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14242869.
: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease caused by parasites. Presepsin, irisin, and apelin are biomarkers that are involved in the inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between serum levels of specific biomarkers, such as presepsin, apelin, and irisin, and the clinical features, location, number, and size of lesions in patients with CL. : This study is a single-centre, prospective cohort study involving a total of 30 patients with skin lesions compatible with CL and 30 healthy matched controls. Age, sex, type of skin lesion, location of skin lesion, number of skin lesions, and diameter of skin lesions were recorded. The levels of presepsin, irisin, and apelin measured in the blood samples of the patient group were analysed in comparison to those in the healthy control group. : The findings revealed that presepsin levels were significantly elevated in the patient group compared to the controls ( = 0.000). However, no statistically significant differences were observed between the groups for irisin and apelin levels (-values 0.096 and 0.836, respectively). A negative correlation was identified between presepsin levels and the number of skin lesions, the diameter of the largest lesion, and the total diameter of the lesions ( = 0.000). : It appears that measuring presepsin levels in patients with CL may be beneficial. Presepsin has the potential to serve as a prognostic marker in CL, offering significant benefits in guiding clinicians in assessing disease progression and response to treatment.
皮肤利什曼病(CL)是一种由寄生虫引起的皮肤病。前降钙素、鸢尾素和Apelin是参与炎症反应的生物标志物。本研究的目的是调查特定生物标志物(如前降钙素、Apelin和鸢尾素)的血清水平与CL患者病变的临床特征、部位、数量和大小之间的关联。 本研究是一项单中心前瞻性队列研究,共纳入30例皮肤病变符合CL的患者和30例健康匹配对照。记录年龄、性别、皮肤病变类型、皮肤病变部位、皮肤病变数量和皮肤病变直径。将患者组血样中测得的前降钙素、鸢尾素和Apelin水平与健康对照组进行比较分析。 结果显示,与对照组相比,患者组前降钙素水平显著升高(P = 0.000)。然而,鸢尾素和Apelin水平在两组之间未观察到统计学显著差异(P值分别为0.096和0.836)。前降钙素水平与皮肤病变数量、最大病变直径和病变总直径之间呈负相关(P = 0.000)。 看来,检测CL患者的前降钙素水平可能有益。前降钙素有可能作为CL的预后标志物,在指导临床医生评估疾病进展和治疗反应方面具有显著优势。
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