Does percutaneous transluminal mitral valvuloplasty reduce circulating vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in rheumatic mitral stenosis?
In patients with moderate-to-severe MS, the venous plasma level of soluble VCAM-1 fell significantly after PTMV, and the elevated plasma soluble VCAM-1 concentration was associated with hemodynamic abnormality rather than with rheumatic activity.
The current findings suggested an association between H-cadherin methylation and tumor progression in NSCLC but had no prognostic significance in patients with early-stage NSCLC. In addition, H-cadherin methylation may be a valuable candidate molecular marker for the early detection of NSCLC.