Relationship between Baseline Level of Serum CCL11 and CCL18 with Clinicopathological Features and Recurrence of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and Their Predictive Value
LI Dongdong, ZHENG Chen, ZHENG Erliang
Xi'an Central Hospital, Shaanxi Xi'an 710000, China
Abstract:Objective: To analyze the relationship between the baseline level of serum C-C motif chemokine ligand 11 (CCL11) and C-C motif chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18) with clinicopathological features and recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), thus analyzing the predictive value of CCL11 and CCL18 levels for recurrence. Methods: One hundred and fifty-one patients with DTC in the hospital from March 2020 to March 2023 were enrolled. The baseline date of Serum CCL11 and CCL18 levels were measured. According to whether or not the recurrence at 1 year of surgery, they were classified into the recurrence group (n=35) and the non-recurrence group (n=116). The baseline levels of serum CCL11 and CCL18 were compared among patients with different clinicopathological characteristics. The predictive value of baseline levels of serum CCL11 and CCL18 levels in evaluating postoperative recurrence was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). Results: The preoperative serum CCL11 and CCL18 levels were significantly higher in the recurrence group than in the non-recurrence group (P<0.05). Baseline levels of serum CCL11 and CCL18 were associated with lymph node metastasis, depth of invasion, and the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging (P<0.05), but were not related to number of lesions, and microcalcification inside the tumor (P>0.05). ROC curve demonstrated that the area under the curve (AUC) of baseline levels of serum CCL11 and CCL18 alone and in combination in predicting postoperative recurrence of DTC was 0.612, 0.725 and 0.892, with sensitivities of 71.43%, 77.14% and 80.00% and specificities of 55.17%, 62.21% and 90.52% respectively. The efficiency of combined prediction was better than that of each indicator alone (P<0.05). Conclusion: The baseline levels of serum CCL11 and CCL18 are closely related to the clinicopathological characteristics and recurrence of patients with DTC. Measuring preoperative serum CCL11 and CCL18 levels can provide a certain predictive value on postoperative recurrence of the patients.
李栋栋, 郑晨, 郑二良. 分化型甲状腺癌术前血清CCL11 CCL18水平与临床病理特征及复发的关系及预测价值研究[J]. 河北医学, 2025, 31(2): 281-286.
LI Dongdong, ZHENG Chen, ZHENG Erliang. Relationship between Baseline Level of Serum CCL11 and CCL18 with Clinicopathological Features and Recurrence of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and Their Predictive Value. HeBei Med, 2025, 31(2): 281-286.