Alpha-fetoprotein and the acute phase response. A study using acute pelvic inflammatory disease as a model system

Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry
M ChristiansenC Brihmer

Abstract

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is used as a tumor marker for hepatomas and germ cell tumors. In healthy non-pregnant adults the serum concentration (S-AFP) is very low and we examined whether it was affected when the acute phase response was activated, using patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) as a model system. In 70 PID patients the median S-AFP was 1.2 kIU/l (range: 0.5-5.9 kIU/l), within the normal range. S-AFP did not correlate with the clinical grade of disease nor with the serum concentrations of acute phase reactants and albumin. Thus, S-AFP is not significantly affected by activation of the acute phase response and presence of infection should not per se interfere with the use of S-AFP as a tumor marker. However, a negative correlation was found with the serum concentration of alpha-2-macroglobulin (P = 0.05), but whether this has any biological significance remains to be clarified.

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