Transthyretin – Microheterogeneity of a nutritional marker in ovarian cancer research
Gericke, B.; Raila, J.; Haebel, S.; Sehouli, J.; Könsgen, D.; Mustea, A.; Schweigert, F.J. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2005 · Heft 3 · S. 1 bis 1
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Aim of the study: Serum transthyretin is an traditional and ideal biomarker for malnutrition and additionally it reflects the metabolic consequences of acute stress injury. The protein has a short half-life, it measures the level of metabolic deficit, the response to nutritional metabolic support, and it is a prognostic indicator. A truncated form of TTR has recently been described to be part in a set of biomarkers for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer. TTR exists in different molecular variants of yet unknown importance and furthermore to evaluate the tumor site as possible source of TTR. The main aim of the stud…
