title: Serum levels of soluble ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 predict pre-clinical cancer.
abstract: To investigate whether serum levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) were related to first stage cancer before diagnosis of cancer, we compared serum levels of these adhesion molecules between pre-clinical cases and controls using a nested case-control study method. Cancer cases were recruited from a cohort database of 1465 participants who completed a baseline questionnaire and provided blood samples, and were followed up from 1989 to 2003. They consisted of 15 individuals who died of cancer and 31 individuals newly diagnosed with cancer during the follow-up period. Controls were subjects who did not suffer from cancer, cerebral apoplexy, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, or myocardial infarction during the follow-up period. Using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits, we showed that serum levels of sVCAM-1, but not sICAM-1 were elevated in cases with pre-clinical or early cancer. We suggest that elevated serum levels of sVCAM-1 might serve as a possible marker for detecting pre-clinical or early cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Living Sciences, Tottori College, 854 Fukuba, Kurayoshi, Tottori 682-8555, Japan. Sachikoka@ns.cygnus.ac.jp
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamezaki
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurozawa
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Takenobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: Mikizoh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1