Serum wnt5a is a predictor for the prognosis of acute on chronic hepatitis B liver failure

Biomarkers. 2015 Feb;20(1):26-34. doi: 10.3109/1354750X.2014.986196. Epub 2014 Nov 21.

Abstract

Objectives: To find a biomarker to predict the prognosis of acute on chronic hepatitis B liver failure (ACHBLF).

Methods: Expression gene profiles in wnt pathway were determined in serum from 63 patients with ACHBLF, 60 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and 30 healthy controls (HCs).

Results: Serum wnt5a concentration of 1.553 ng/ml showed a poor prognosis with a sensitivity of 69.23% and a specificity of 83.33% in ACHBLF patients.

Conclusions: Serum wnt5a gene expression might be a potential biomarker for predicting the prognosis of ACHBLF.

Keywords: acute on chronic hepatitis B liver failure; prognosis; sfrp1; wnt5a.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure / blood*
  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure / mortality
  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure / virology
  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • DNA Methylation
  • Female
  • Gene Expression
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / blood*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / mortality
  • Humans
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / blood
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins / blood
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / blood*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • ROC Curve
  • Wnt Proteins / blood*
  • Wnt Proteins / genetics
  • Wnt-5a Protein

Substances

  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • SFRP1 protein, human
  • WNT5A protein, human
  • Wnt Proteins
  • Wnt-5a Protein