1. Biological variation of immunological blood biomarkers in healthy individuals and quality goals for biomarker tests
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Aziz, Najib, Detels, Roger, Quint, Joshua J, Gjertson, David, Ryner, Timothy, and Butch, Anthony W
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Immunology ,Detection ,screening and diagnosis ,4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies ,Aetiology ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Inflammatory and immune system ,Biological Variation ,Population ,Biomarkers ,Cytokines ,Female ,Healthy Volunteers ,Humans ,Immunologic Factors ,Male ,T-Lymphocytes ,Chemokine ,Immune activation ,Interleukin ,Soluble markers - Abstract
BackgroundCytokines, chemokines, adipocytokines, soluble cell receptors, and immune activation markers play an important role in immune responsiveness and can provide prognostic value since they reflect underlying conditions and disease states. This study was undertaken to investigate the components of biological variation for various laboratory tests of blood immunological biomarkers.ResultsEstimates of intra-individual coefficient of variation (CVI) and inter-individual coefficient of variation (CVG) were examined for blood immunological biomarkers. Biomarkers with CVI 40% were adiponectin, IL-1ra, leptin, MIP-1β, sCD163, and sIL-2Rα.ConclusionThe biological variations of biomarkers have important monitoring value for longitudinal investigation and are essential for quality specification of tests that are performed in the laboratory. The CVI was relatively small while CVG was comparatively large and mean values of each biomarker vary between subjects. The individuality of biomarkers significantly influences reference interval values. A majority of the biomarkers in this study had strong individuality and the result of each biomarker should be cautiously interpreted if using established reference interval values. Comparison of a patient's test result with previous ones may be more useful than the usage of conventional reference values.
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- 2019