title: Increased Circulating Advanced Oxidation Protein Products and High-Sensitive Troponin T in Cirrhotic Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Preliminary Report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) and myocardial injury by comparing the selected biomarker for detecting myocardial injury [high-sensitive troponin T (hs-TnT)] in patients with chronic HCV infection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-eight patients with cirrhosis and 40 healthy control subjects were enrolled in the study. Circulating levels of AOPPs-albumin (the ratio of AOPPs to albumin content), hs-TnT, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were assessed. Compared with healthy controls, the cirrhotic patients with chronic HCV infection had higher levels of AOPPs-albumin, which were associated with increased hs-TnT. When the presence of ascites was considered, the plasma levels of AOPPs-albumin were higher, as well as TNF-α. AOPPs-albumin positively correlated with hs-TnT level in all cirrhotic patients with chronic HCV infection and this correlation was stronger in decompensated cirrhotic patients. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, the independent factors associated with the presence of ascites were high AOPPs-albumin levels and elevated hs-TnT levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The simultaneous monitoring of plasma AOPPs and hs-TnT can be helpful for the alterations in myocardial function control in cirrhotic patients with chronic HCV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, 211 Borowska Street, 50556 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zuwala-Jagiello
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Physical Education, 35 Paderewskiego Avenue, 51612 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murawska-Cialowicz
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiency, Wroclaw Medical University, 5 Koszarowa Street, 51149 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pazgan-Simon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D062107:Advanced Oxidation Protein Products / Q000097:blood*; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D062107:Advanced Oxidation Protein Products; D015415:Biomarkers; D020107:Troponin T