Serum glycan markers for evaluation of disease activity and prediction of clinical course in patients with ulcerative colitis.

BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to determine the change of whole-serum N-glycan profile in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients and to investigate its clinical utility. METHODS: We collected serum from 75 UC patients at the time of admission and the same number of age/sex-matched healthy volunte...

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Main Authors: Koji Miyahara, Kazuhiro Nouso, Shunsuke Saito, Sakiko Hiraoka, Keita Harada, Sakuma Takahashi, Yuki Morimoto, Sayo Kobayashi, Fusao Ikeda, Yasuhiro Miyake, Hidenori Shiraha, Akinobu Takaki, Hiroyuki Okada, Maho Amano, Kazuko Hirose, Shin-Ichiro Nishimura, Kazuhide Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792068?pdf=render