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Peripheral biomarkers of endometriosis: a systematic review
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BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is estimated to affect 1 in 10 women during the reproductive years. There is often delay in making the diagnosis, mainly due to the non-specific nature of the associated symptoms and the need to verify the disease surgically. A biomarker that is simple to measure could help clinicians to diagnose (or at least exclude) endometriosis; it might also allow the effects of treatment to be monitored. If effective, such a marker or panel of markers could prevent unnecessary diagnostic procedures and/or recognize treatment failure at an early stage. METHODS: We used QUADAS (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies) criteria to perform a systematic review of the literature over the last 25 years to assess critically the clinical value of all proposed biomarkers for endometriosis in serum, plasma and urine. RESULTS: We identified over 100 putative biomarkers in publications that met the selection criteria. We were unable to identify a single biomarker or panel of biomarkers that have unequivocally been shown to be clinically useful. CONCLUSIONS: Peripheral biomarkers show promise as diagnostic aids, but further research is necessary before they can be recommended in routine clinical care. Panels of markers may allow increased sensitivity and specificity of any diagnostic test.
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“Firstly, according to QUADAS (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies) guidelines [15,16], samples should be collected at a consistent phase of the cycle and results should be corrected for the cycle phases.”
From A high sensitivity assay is more accurate than a classical assay for the measurement of plasma CRP levels in endometriosis (2011) · cites this paper as [15]
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“Secondly, according to a recently published systematic review, lack of correction for the phase of the menstrual cycle can explain the considerable variability between studies with respect to blood levels of biomarkers in women with endometriosis and controls [15].”
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“Studies performed in various compartments in the body as serum, peritoneal, and follicular fluids are not sufficient for precise evaluation [17].”
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“In our study, samples were collected at a well defined phase of the cycle and results were corrected for cycle phase, as recommended by the QUADAS (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies) guidelines [15,16].”
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“Despite the fact that research on biomarkers of endometriosis are still ongoing, there are still no satisfactory results, which makes it impossible to carry out effective laboratory diagnostics used in the diagnosis and monitoring of the treatment of the disease [157].”
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“The studies showed that a panel of cytokines, rather than a single biomarker, improve sensitivity and specificity values, with some panels showing the ability to discriminate between different stages of disease.”
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“Another ovarian tumor marker, CA-19-9, has been shown to be elevated in endometriosis and has a comparable or lower sensitivity than CA-125 for the detection of endometriosis [23].”
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“Despite extensive research, no single biomarker nor a panel of biomarkers in peripheral blood has been validated as a diagnostic test for endometriosis [17, 20].”
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“Overall, most endometriosis biomarker studies have remained at the level of Phase I [23] and only a few have made it to Phase II studies.”
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“At present, such a test does not exist [17, 20].”
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“Putative endometriosis biomarkers are mostly glycoproteins, growth or adhesion factors, hormones, or proteins related to immunology or angiogenesis [17, 23, 30].”
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“Levels of the sICAM-I have been suggested to rise during early stages of endometriosis (I-II) and decrease at stage III-IV [23].”
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“Its usefulness as biomarker for endometriosis is unclear, as some studies show elevated blood levels in endometriosis patients while other studies do not record a significant difference [23, 67].”
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“Follistatin, an inhibitor of activin, has been shown to be increased in endometriosis patients [23], especially in a subgroup of patients with ovarian endometrioma, and showed good sensitivity and specificity [43].”
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“The inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) has been shown to be upregulated [23], especially when examined with a high sensitivity assay making it possible to detect subclinical inflammation in women with endometriosis [50].”
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“However, other studies could not find an upregulation [23, 51].”
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“Other growth factors, such as soluble epidermal growth factor (EGF) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) have been investigated, but no difference was found between endometriosis patients and control women [23].”
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“Both total immunoglobulin levels and antiendometrial antibodies have been investigated as potential biomarkers for endometriosis of which the latter showed the most promising results, being more commonly present in endometriosis patients than in controls [23].”
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“Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) was suggested to be elevated in women with endometriosis [72], although this was not confirmed in an additional study [23, 73].”
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“These studies have shown promising results; however, proteomics technologies are costly and time-consuming [23], and there is a need for better standardization and reproducibility of proteomic technologies before they can be used reliably in clinical research projects [17].”
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“Elevations of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), angiogenin, and soluble Flt-I (VEGFR-1) in serum of women with endometriosis have all been recorded [23].”
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“A range of cell populations, including T cells, B cells, natural killer (NK) cells, macrophages/monocytes, and polymorphonuclear neutrophils, has been compared between endometriosis patients and healthy controls [23]. However, for none of these populations the utility as an endometriosis biomarker has been proven [23, 96].”
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“No consensus exists on changes in steroid hormone levels [23].”
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“Contrasting evidence exists on prolactin, leptin, luteinizing hormone (LH), and adiponectin levels in endometriosis patients versus controls, showing either no difference, an increase (prolactin, leptin LH) or a decrease (adiponectin) [23, 75, 76].”
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“Likewise, specific antibodies against carbonic anhydrase, transferrin, α2-HS glycoprotein, lipid peroxide modified rabbit serum albumin, copper oxidized low-density lipoprotein and malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein, laminin-I, and cardiolipin have shown promise as potential endometriosis biomarkers [23].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- May, K. E., Conduit-Hulbert, S. A., Villar, J., Kirtley, S., Kennedy, S. H., & Becker, C. M.
- Affiliations
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Becker, C. M.
- Venue
- Human Reproduction Update
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-05-12
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 651-674
- ISSN
- 1355-4786 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2369
- PMC
- PMC2953938
- OpenAlex
- W2160282642
- Cited by
- 418
- References
- 226
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Human Reproduction Update (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Keywords
- endometriosis, peripheral biomarkers, diagnostic biomarkers, serum biomarkers, plasma biomarkers, urinary biomarkers, biomarker panel, diagnostic accuracy, treatment monitoring, delayed diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Antibodies, Cell Adhesion, Endometriosis, Female, Glycoproteins, Hormones, Humans, Leukocytes, Biomarkers, Cytokines, Apoptosis, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Proteomics, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
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