The sera of patients with AIS and transient ischemic attack (TIA), which were collected within 2 weeks after disease onset, were obtained from Chiba Prefectural Sawara Hospital and Chiba Rosai Hospital. The stroke subtypes were determined according to the criteria of the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment classification system (34 (link)), and large-artery atherosclerosis and small-arterial occlusion (lacuna) were included as AIS or ischemic stroke. The sera of patients with DM and AMI were obtained from Chiba University Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital, respectively. The sera of patients with CKD were obtained from the Kumamoto cohort (35 (link), 36 (link)). The Department of Surgery, Toho University Hospital, collected sera from patients with EC, GC, CRC, lung cancer (LC), and mammary cancer (MC; 37 (link)) between June 2010 and February 2016, and all patients were followed up until July 2018 or death. EC was analyzed in 91 cases, GC was analyzed in 57 cases and CRC was analyzed in 113 cases, of which all cases were underwent radical surgery. Patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy and had a double cancer were excluded from the study. According to the Japanese Classification of Colorectal, Appendiceal, and Anal Carcinoma, 3d English Edition (Secondary Publication; 38 (link)), the numbers of patients with colorectal cancer were as follows: five patients in stage 0, 29 in stage I, 32 in stage II, 31 in stage III, and 16 in stage IV. In addition, the sera of healthy donors (HDs) were selected from people who underwent a medical checkup at Chiba University, Port Square Kashiwado Clinic, and Chiba Prefectural Sawara Hospital. Clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses were obtained retrospectively. Individuals with no history of cancer, autoimmune disease, or cerebrovascular disease and those without any abnormalities on cranial MRI were enrolled as HDs.
Serum samples of AIS, TIA, DM, CKD, and HD were collected at the time of hospital admission. Serum samples of the cancers were collected before treatment. All serum samples were centrifuged at 3,000 g for 10 min, and the supernatants were stored at −80°C until use. To preserve sample integrity, repeated freezing/thawing of serum samples was avoided.
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