Pregnancy: AFP levels typically rise in pregnant women because the fetal liver produces large amounts of AFP, some of which enters the mother’s bloodstream. Other Germ Cell Tumors: Germ cell tumors of the testicles or ovaries may also cause elevated AFP levels. Managing Elevated AFP Further Te...
However the number of blood stained AF samples was over-represented in instances with significantly increased maternal serum AFP levels after AMN: the proportion of bloody taps among the U subjects with no significant increase in AFP after AMN was 1/121 (.8%) whereas the same proportion mounted...
However the number of blood stained AF samples was over-represented in instances with significantly increased maternal serum AFP levels after AMN: the proportion of bloody taps among the U subjects with no significant increase in AFP after AMN was 1/121 (.8%) whereas the same proportion mounted...
It is known that expression of the AFP is reactivated during liver regeneration and hepatocarcinogenesis. AFP measurement during pregnancy has been useful to detect certain abnormalities specifically if high levels are found in amniotic fluid, can indicate a developmental defect in the baby, and is a...
levels of serum AFP.5,6,15 Elevated AFP levels have occasionally been found in association with gastrointestinal tract cancers with and without liver metastases16 and only rarely in other malignancies.5,6 Serum AFP has been found to be elevated during pregnancy, in diseases such as ataxia ...
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Maternal serum AFP levels during each trimester of pregnancy were normal indicating that these levels cannot be used as a screening test in prenatal diagnosis. Three-year follow-up after birth showed constantly elevated serum levels in the patient from the start, suggesting a lack of postnatal ...
preventionofdisease.Methods156examplespregnantwomen(whoseAFPlevelswerecomparativelyabnorma1)inourhospitalfromSeptem— ber2002toDecember2008wereselectedasresearchobject.AndtheserumAFP0fallthepregnantwomenweretestedatthesalnegestation— alweek,thentheresultsofthesetumAFPwerecomparedandanalyzed.ResultsAfterthestudyandcomp...
we found that sorafenib had no effect on the expression of cytoplasmic AFP but markedly suppressed the activation of Fas/FADD in HuH7 and HepG2 cells (Fig.7e, Supplementary Fig.9C). HuH7 and HepG2 cells demonstrated enhanced cytoplasmic HuR levels after sorafenib treatment, whereas HuR protein...
may exhibit abnormally high levels of MSAFP. Increased MSAFP values are also seen in multiple pregnancies 38 and in normal singleton pregnancies in which the gestational age has been underestimated. Low MSAFP values have been associated with molar pregnancy, missed abortion, ...