title: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor may be used as an early diagnostic marker in colorectal carcinomas.
abstract: Recent genetic studies have identified many differentially expressed genes in colorectal carcinomas. For validation of up-regulated genes in colorectal carcinomas, we performed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Candidate markers were selected from gene expression data for 40 colorectal cancers and 35 matched normal mucosal samples. Based on intensive filtering, 9 genes were selected for the further evaluations. Among them, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), inhibin betaA, and chemokine ligand 10 were screened, and the results were compared with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in serum samples of 129 patients with colon cancer and 53 healthy control subjects. We found that the serum MIF level was significantly increased in patients with colorectal cancer. Compared with CEA, MIF was more sensitive in early cancer detection (47.3% vs 29.5%). However, the specificity was not as high as that of CEA (90.6% vs 100.0%). Our findings indicate that MIF may be used as a diagnostic marker in colorectal carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hwanseok
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyon-Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung Soh
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Nam Kyu
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hoguen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D019540:Area Under Curve; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors