Relationship of peripheral blood PCⅢ and HPX levels with blood lipid and liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
10.3969/j.issn.1673-4130.2025.02.009
- VernacularTitle:外周血PCⅢ、HPX水平与非酒精性脂肪性肝炎患者血脂、肝纤维化的关系
- Author:
Liangyu SHI
1
;
Tingting JI
;
Lei LEI
;
Lingling WANG
;
Simin WEN
Author Information
1. 陕西省核工业二一五医院消化内科,陕西咸阳 712000
- Keywords:
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis;
type Ⅲ procollagen;
heme-binding protein;
blood lipid;
hepatic fibrosis
- From:
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2025;46(2):175-179
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between the levels of type Ⅲ procollagen(PCⅢ)and heme-binding protein(HPX)in peripheral blood,blood lipid and liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH).Methods Totally 126 patients with NASH admitted to the hospital from January 2021 to December 2023 were selected as NASH group,and they were divided into 3 subgroups according to the degree of liver fibrosis:no liver fibrosis group(22 cases),mild group(63 cases),moderate and severe group(41 cases).In addition,150 healthy subjects in the same period were selected as the control group.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to detect and compare the levels of PC Ⅲ and HPX in periph-eral blood of all groups,and Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the correlation between peripher-al blood PC Ⅲ and HPX levels and related indexes of blood lipids in NASH patients.The predictive value of peripheral blood PC Ⅲ and HPX for liver fibrosis in NASH patients was evaluated by receiver operating char-acteristic(ROC)curve.Results The levels of PC Ⅲ and HPX,as well as total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG)and low density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C)in NASH group were higher than those in control group,and the levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C)were lower than those in control group,and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Pearson correlation analysis showed that the lev-els of PCⅢ and HPX in peripheral blood of NASH patients were positively correlated with TC,TG and LDL-C(P＜0.05),while negatively correlated with HDL-C(P＜0.05).The levels of PC Ⅲ and HPX in peripheral blood of the non-fibrosis group were lower than those of the mild and moderate severe groups,and the mild group was lower than that of the moderate and severe group,and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).The area under the curve(AUC)of peripheral blood PC Ⅲ and HPX in predicting liver fibrosis in NASH patients were 0.757 and 0.861,respectively,and the cut-off values were 135.51 ng/mL and 804.86 mg/L,respectively.The AUC of the combined prediction for liver fibrosis was 0.905,which was higher than that predicted by the two alone.Conclusion The level of PC Ⅲ and HPX in peripheral blood is closely related to the level of blood lipids and the degree of liver fibrosis in NASH patients,which can be used as potential bi-omarkers to predict liver fibrosis in NASH patients.
