That said, there are specific gene products that have been used as markers of extent of preservation/fixation in buffered formalin p27 (De Marzo et al. 2002) and vimentin (using an antibody to an epitope of vimentin that is partially susceptible to formaldehyde fixation) (Battifora 1991).
RFR may be a reliable marker of the extent of "recruitable" GFR under renal stress.
We chose to enter the variable depicting number of lymph nodes dissected, as we felt this is a better marker of the extent of surgical intervention undertaken at HVCs and TFs compared to LVCs and NTFs.
TH was chosen as a marker of the extent of the dopamine depletion, whereas CalDAG-GEFII and MOR1 are two immunomarkers that have been previously shown to be dysregulated by combined 6-OHDA lesion and L-DOPA therapy [9], [41].
To assess the diagnostic role of circulating TM as a marker of the extent and severity of coronary arterial atherosclerosis.
Estimation of serum enzymes is a useful quantitative marker of the extent and type of hepatocellular damage.
Furthermore, the data suggest that the magnitude of this induction can provide a molecular marker of the extent of the response.
However, this is a preoperative marker of the extent, and possibly the aggressiveness, of disease one will encounter upon exploration.
Alkaline phosphatase may be a more accurate marker of the extent of liver involvement or indirectly related to systemic inflammation.
After surgery, IL-6 represents a reliable marker of the extent of surgical trauma 7 10 and an independent predictor of postoperative morbidity.
