Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Serum Mucin1 and Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) Levels in Bangladeshi Cholelithiasis Patients and the Impact of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | Chapter 3 | Medical Science: Recent Advances and Applications Vol. 7

Background: Cholelithiasis, i.e., gallstone disease (GSD), is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders. apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1), In other studies, ApoE, Mucin1 and cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) were implicated with cholelithiasis. However, these results were variable and needed confirmation by further research.

 

Objective: This study evaluates the associations of Mucin1 and cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) between normal control subjects (NCs) and Cholelithiasis, i.e. gallstone disease (GSD) patients (Pts) preoperatively (I0) and postoperatively (II0) with laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

 

Methods: Adult Pts (N=55, Gender: 10 males, 45 females; Age range: 25-65 years, Mean age±SD: 45.5 ± 12.2 years) were those reported in our previous case-control prospective interventional studies carried out from October 2016 to March 2018 at MRU, MHWT, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The patients with GSD were diagnosed as having cholelithiasis according to standard clinical and laboratory criteria as practised in the hospital. The lipid profile (TG, TC, LDL-C, HDL-C), Lp (a), ApoA1, ApoB100, ApoE, Mucin1 and CETP status in serum of NCs and Pts (I0, II0) and Pts-Bile (I0) were made by standard clinical laboratory methods using research/diagnostics kits from reputed companies and reported in the recent past. Recently, further advanced statistical analyses on these data were made according to the objectives of the present article, i.e. to obtain information regarding associations (correlations) between serum Mucin1 and CETP status among NCs and Pts (I0, II0) by using the SPSS programme version 26.

 

Results: Regarding associations (correlations) between Mucin1 and CETP status among NCs (I0) and Pts (I0) and Pts (II0), significant Pearson correlations were found for Pts-Mucin1 (I0) vs Pts-CETP (I0) (r=0.316, p=0.019), Pts-Mucin1 (Bile-I0) vs Pts-CETP (Bile-I0) (r=0.441, p=0.005), Pts-Mucin1 (II0) vs Pts-CETP (I0) (r=0.398, p=0.007), Pts-Mucin1 (I0) vs Pts-CETP (II0) (r=0.335, p=0.017) and NCs-Mucin1 (I0) vs Pts-CETP (Bile-10) (r=0.375, p=0.048). No significant correlations were observed between any of the other groups compared (P>0.05).

 

Conclusions: The observations on associations between Mucin1 and CETP among NCs and Pts (I0, II0) suggested their probable involvement in the aetiopathogenesis of the disease. Since GSD is one of the most prevalent diseases in gastroenterology, an appropriate diagnostic approach and management in clinical practice, such as medical treatment and surgical intervention depending on the patient’s condition, should be adopted. Considering the complexity of the molecular mechanisms in the formation of gallstones, further studies on GSD are certainly warranted, particularly involving a larger number of Bangladeshi patients in the future.

 

Author(s) Details

A. S. M. Giasuddin
Impulse Hospital, ImHS&RC Ltd, 304/E, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh.

 

K. A. Jhuma
Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

 

M. A. M. Choudhury
Department of Surgery, MCW&H, MHWT, Plot-4, Road-8/9, Sector-1, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh.

 

A. M. M. Haq
Department of Internal Medicine, MCW&H and Chairman of MRU, MCN&H, MHWT, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh.

 

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