The usefulness of combined measurements of squamous cell carcinoma antigens 1 and 2 in diagnosing atopic dermatitis

• Published in: Annals of clinical biochemistry Vol. 49; no. Pt 3; p. 277
• Main Authors: Ohta, Shoichiro, Shibata, Rumiko, Nakao, Yoshifumi, Azuma, Yoshinori, Taniguchi, Kazuto, Arima, Kazuhiko, Suzuki, Shoichi, Shiraishi, Hiroshi, Iwasaka, Tsuyoshi, Izuhara, Kenji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Antigens, Neoplasm - blood; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - blood; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnosis; Dermatitis, Atopic - blood; Dermatitis, Atopic - diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; Male; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sensitivity and Specificity; Serpins - blood; Severity of Illness Index; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - blood; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis

The squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA) is widely used as a serological biomarker for various cancers. There are two known SCCA molecules, SCCA1 and SCCA2. We previously found that interleukin-4 or interleukin-13, two related Th2-type cytokines that play an important role in allergic diseases, in...