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. 2024 Jan 20;21:9. doi: 10.1186/s12979-023-00405-0

Table 1.

The role of sCD163 in various chronic diseases

Disease sCD163 level (specimen) Clinical Importance Ref
Atherosclerosis 2.469 (0.264–9.063) mg/L (plasma) Elevated in coronary atherosclerosis. [49]
Liver failure

808.6 ± 433.0 ng/mL

(serum)

Elevated in fulminant liver failure, positively correlated with prolonged prothrombin time and mortality. [50]
Cirrhosis

4.5 mg/L

(plasma)

Elevated in cirrhosis and has positive correlation with Child-Pugh classification, also portal hypertension predictor marker. [51]

5.77 mg/L

(plasma)

Elevated in cirrhosis that caused by Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and correlated with other inflammatory markers. [52]

Non-alcoholic fatty liver

disease (NAFLD)

2.5–3.9 mg/L

(plasma)

Liver fibrosis predictor. [53]
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

1.95 (0.63–6.97) mg/L

(serum)

Elevated in T2DM and has positive correlation with insulin resistance. [54]
Obesity in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage V

4.0 mg/L

(plasma)

Has positive correlation with increased fat mass and other inflammatory markers in CKD stage V. [55]
HIV infection

2.89 (2.22–3.42) mg/L

(plasma)

Correlated with RNA viral load, risk for cardiovascular event (age, ethnic, body mass index, and HDL), also response to the treatment. [56]

1343.0 ± 161.4 ng/mL

(plasma)

Correlated with neurocognitive disturbance. [43]

From 1.085 (828 − 1.480) to 792

(562–1.025) ng/ml (plasma)

Has negative correlation with anti-retroviral treatment. [57]
Leprosy 177.6 ± 62.18 ng/mL (serum) Positively correlated with disease severity. [58]
Visceral leishmaniasis 152.1 ± 67.86 ng/mL (serum) Positively correlated with disease severity. [58]
Autoimmune hepatitis

9.5 (3.3–28.8) mg/L

(plasma)

Has positive correlation with disease severity and disease activity, also with treatment response. [59]
SLE

1581 ng/ml

(serum)

Diagnostic and disease activity marker for macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in SLE. [60]

483.7 ± 260.8 ng/mL

(serum)

Positively correlated with atherosclerosis plaque formation in SLE patients that have low cardiovascular event risk. [61]
Lupus nephritis

67.04 ± 18.70 ng/mL

(serum)

Correlated with disease severity and poor prognostic indicator. [62]

114.01 pg/mg

(urine)

Marker for disease activity in lupus nephritis. [63]

2.91 ± 2.52 U/mL/mg/dL

(urine)

Disease activity marker for lupus nephritis and correlated with clinical manifestation, conventional laboratory test (urea and creatinine), also renal pathology. [64]

22.02 (pg/mL)/(mg/dL)

(urine)

Can distinguish lupus nephritis patients from SLE without nephritis also has strong correlation with activity index of renal pathology. [65]
Glomerulonephritis

3.9 µg/ mmol

(urine)

Stable marker for glomerulonephritis and can be used outside health facility also has correlation with treatment response. [66]
Systemic sclerosis

529 ± 251 ng/mL

(serum)

Potential marker for systemic sclerosis. [67]

984 ± 420 ng/mL

(serum)

Elevated in systemic sclerosis and negatively correlated with risk for digital ulcer but positively correlated with more severe skin manifestation. [68]
Gastric cancer

0.291–1.76 µg/mL

(serum)

Diagnostic and prognostic marker in gastric cancer. [69]