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Journal Article
Epidermal growth factor and its influencing variables in healthy children and adults
2019
Overview
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates cell proliferation and differentiation after binding to its receptor. Next to its role in magnesium homeostasis, EGF disturbances have been described in oncology, diabetes and autism spectrum disorders. The aim of this study was to determine EGF serum and urine values for both healthy children and adults. Next, we investigated the relation between several variables and urinary and serum EGF concentrations.
Both healthy adults (n = 50) and children (n = 78) were included. Serum and urinary EGF concentrations were measured with ELISA technology.
Serum EGF was inversely correlated with age (r = -0.873; p<0.001) and positively correlated with serum magnesium (r = 0.597; p<0.001). The urinary EGF was also inversely correlated with age (r = -0.855; p<0.001). In adults and children older than 13 years of age, the urinary EGF significantly differed between sexes (p = 0.001). Urinary EGF was positively correlated with serum magnesium (r = 0.583; p<0.001) and creatinine clearance (r = 0.524; p<0.001) and negatively correlated with the fractional excretion of magnesium (r = 0.248; p = 0.014). In a multivariate model, age and serum magnesium remained independently related to serum EGF while age, serum EGF and serum magnesium remained independently related to urinary EGF.
This study provides valuable insights in urinary and serum EGF patterns in healthy subjects. By systematically correcting EGF for body surface, significant correlations with age, gender and magnesium were observed.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Adult
/ Adults
/ Age
/ Analysis
/ Autism
/ Child
/ Children
/ Creatinine - pharmacokinetics
/ Diabetes
/ Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
/ Epidermal Growth Factor - blood
/ Epidermal Growth Factor - urine
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Medicine
/ Medicine and Health Sciences
/ Oncology
/ Sodium
/ Studies
/ Urine
/ Values
