Maternal and fetal serum levels of caspase-cleaved fragments of
cytokeratin-18 in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.
Additional biomarkers associated with NASH and liver damaged were also reduced by IMM-124E including aspartate transaminase and
cytokeratin-18. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of IMM-124E, at two oral dosage levels as compared with a placebo and provide proof of concept in human subjects for its unique Mechanism of Action.
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In the immunohistochemical analysis, the epithelial membrane antigen, pancytokeratin, was diffuse positive and
cytokeratin-18 was positive (Figure 3), NSE was focal positive (Figure 4).
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Subsequently, the sections were incubated with mouse anti-rat [alpha]-smooth muscle actin ([alpha]-SMA; 1: 100 dilution, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA), tyrosine kinase receptor (C-kit; 1: 100 dilution, Abcam, UK),
cytokeratin-18 (CK-18; 1:50 dilution, Abcam, UK), and matrix metalloproteinase-9 antibodies (MMP-9; 1 : 100 dilution, Abcam) at 4[degrees]C overnight.
Caspases cleave cellular proteins, including
cytokeratin-18 (CK-18).
To detect DNA fragmentation in epithelial cells in lung tissue M30 (
Cytokeratin-18) and to evaluate apoptosis in kidney tissue active caspase-3 immunohistochemistry was applied to the paraffin sections.
Plasma levels of caspase-generated
cytokeratin-18 fragments, a marker of hepatocyte apoptosis, have also been used to identify NASH (non alcoholic steatohepatitis).
The ELISA measures the accumulation of a caspase-cleaved fragment of
cytokeratin-18 (CK18-Asp396) in cells and tissue culture medium over time (Kramer et al., 2004).