<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe neonatal liver disease characterized by progressive fibrosclerotic obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary tree.Objective: We compared serum adiponectin in post Kasai BA patients with healthy controls and associate adiponectin with clinical outcomes of BA patients.Methods: One hundred and six postoperative BA patients and 40 controls were recruited in this study. BA patients were categorized into two groups based on their serum total bilirubin (TB) levels (TB&lt;2 mg/dL, no jaundice vs. TB ≥2 mg/dL, persistent jaundice) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (ALT&lt;45 IU/L, normal ALT vs. ALT ≥45 IU/L, elevated ALT). Serum adiponectin levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results: BA patients had higher serum adiponectin levels than healthy controls (172.8±90.9 vs. 93.9±53.5 ng/mL, p &lt;0.001). Serum adiponectin levels were elevated in BA patients with jaundice compared to those without jaundice (229.6±89.0 vs. 139.7±74.5 ng/mL, p &lt;0.001). Furthermore, BA patients with elevated ALT displayed significantly higher levels of serum adiponectin than those with normal ALT (187.2±91.8 vs. 117.6±62.8 ng/mL, p &lt;0.001). Additionally, BA patients with portal hypertension had substantially higher serum adiponectin than those without portal hypertension and a poorer clinical outcome (207.0±90.2 vs. 118.5±62.1 ng/mL, p &lt;0.001).Conclusions: Increased serum adiponectin was associated with a poor outcome in postoperative BA patients. Serum adiponectin might be utilized as a biochemical indicator reflecting the deterioration of liver function and poorer outcome in BA after Kasai operation.</abstract>

Background: Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe neonatal liver disease characterized by progressive fibrosclerotic obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary tree.Objective: We compared serum adiponectin in post Kasai BA patients with healthy controls and associate adiponectin with clinical outcomes of BA patients.Methods: One hundred and six postoperative BA patients and 40 controls were recruited in this study. BA patients were categorized into two groups based on their serum total bilirubin (TB) levels (TB<2 mg/dL, no jaundice vs. TB ≥2 mg/dL, persistent jaundice) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (ALT<45 IU/L, normal ALT vs. ALT ≥45 IU/L, elevated ALT). Serum adiponectin levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results: BA patients had higher serum adiponectin levels than healthy controls (172.8±90.9 vs. 93.9±53.5 ng/mL, p <0.001). Serum adiponectin levels were elevated in BA patients with jaundice compared to those without jaundice (229.6±89.0 vs. 139.7±74.5 ng/mL, p <0.001). Furthermore, BA patients with elevated ALT displayed significantly higher levels of serum adiponectin than those with normal ALT (187.2±91.8 vs. 117.6±62.8 ng/mL, p <0.001). Additionally, BA patients with portal hypertension had substantially higher serum adiponectin than those without portal hypertension and a poorer clinical outcome (207.0±90.2 vs. 118.5±62.1 ng/mL, p <0.001).Conclusions: Increased serum adiponectin was associated with a poor outcome in postoperative BA patients. Serum adiponectin might be utilized as a biochemical indicator reflecting the deterioration of liver function and poorer outcome in BA after Kasai operation.

Elevated adiponectin is associated with poor outcome in children with biliary atresia

Program in Medical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330,

MD, PhD, Program in Medical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok 10330,

Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330,

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330,

Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe neonatal liver disease characterized by progressive fibrosclerotic obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary...

Elevated adiponectin is associated with poor outcome in children with biliary atresia

Article Category: Original article

Pubblicato online: 04 feb 2017

Pagine: 369 - 376

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0603.068

Parole chiave
Adiponectin, biliary atresia, jaundice, liver fibrosis, portal hypertension

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Elevated adiponectin is associated with poor outcome in children with biliary atresia

Article Category: Original article

Pubblicato online: 04 feb 2017

Pagine: 369 - 376

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0603.068

Parole chiaveAdiponectin, biliary atresia, jaundice, liver fibrosis, portal hypertension

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
Adiponectin, biliary atresia, jaundice, liver fibrosis, portal hypertension