Research Article
Evaluation of Molecular Species of Prostate-Specific Antigen Complexed with Immunoglobulin M in Prostate Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Table 1
Summary of PSA-immunoreactive species complexed with IgM in PCa and BPH serum pools.
| Sample | PSA | Mean (SD) | Peak | P I | P II | P III | | frequency (%) |
| PCa | 16029.95 | 16021.78 | 16150.58 | 16067.44 (72.12) | 100 | 17136.81 | 17142.65 | | 17139.73 (4.13) | 66 | 17254.85 | 17214.10 | 17261.33 | 17243.43 (25.60) | 100 | 17382.81 | 17381.47 | 17378.29 | 17380.86 (2.32) | 100 | 26889.27 | 26894.18 | | 26891.72 (3.47) | 66 | 28070.48 | 28058.44 | 28078.26 | 28069.06 (9.99) | 100 | 28237.86 | 28210.13 | 28282.17 | 28243.39 (6.34) | 100 | 28908.06 | 28875.31 | 28972.21 | 28918.53 (49.29) | 100 |
| BPH | 15845.14 | 16054.60 | | | 33 (33) | 17126.76 | 17142.41 | 17136.95 | 17135.37 (7.94) | 100 | 17244.57 | 17261.52 | 17216.50 | 17240.76 (22.74) | 100 | 17377.32 | 17396.20 | 17384.40 | 17385.97 (9.54) | 100 | 28049.52 | 28095.72 | 28074.06 | 28073.10 (23.11) | 100 | 28241.03 | 28289.75 | 28227.28 | 28252.69 (32.83) | 100 | 28906.73 | 28926.09 | 28923.16 | 28918.66 (10.44) | 100 |
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SD: standard deviation, : mass to charge ratio, and P: pool (). Frequency of peaks observed when analyzed individually in each pool (I–III).
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