2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Identification of COPD phenotype and speific biomarker using cluster analysis
Project/Area Number |
25860662
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Respiratory organ internal medicine
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Research Institution | Nippon Medical School |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 / クラスター解析 / サブグループ / 併存症 / バイオマーカー |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we hypothesized that COPD was divided into several subgroups and the outcome such as exacerbation was significantly poor in a specific subgroup. To prove this hypothesis, we performed cluster analysis by complications data such as chronic heart failure, diabetes, chronic renal failure, and so on. We identified five comorbidity clusters in a data set of COPD patients using the Viscovery software. We confirmed the difference of the respiratory function and exacerbation frequency between subgroups. We measured CCL2, CCL3, CCL4, CL5, Eotaxin, IL-8, IP-10, homocysteine and periostin and tried to detection of specific biomarkers. However, a significant cluster-specific biomarker could not be identified.
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Free Research Field |
呼吸器内科
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