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Table 2 Overview of osteopontin levels measured with commercially available ELISA systems in healthy controls, malignant and benign diseases.

From: Plasma osteopontin levels in patients with head and neck cancer and cervix cancer are critically dependent on the choice of ELISA system

assay

material

patient group (n)

osteopontin mean ± SD (ng/ml)

osteopontin median (range) (ng/ml)

ref.

Assay Designs (B1)

citrate plasma

head and neck cancer (54) von Hippel Lindau disease (31) healthy controls (15)

447 (261–843) 318 (233–461)

450

[1]

 

plasma

head and neck cancer (320)

--

113 (12–1382)

[2]

 

plasma

nasopharyngeal cancer healthy controls

184.6 (6.8–856.9)

75.9 (10–455)

--

--

[18]

 

EDTA plasma

multiple sclerosis – relapsing patients (30)

healthy controls (10)

--

--

280

174

[17]

 

serum

ovarian cancer (51)

healthy controls (28)

49

11

--

--

[19]

IBL (B2)

serum

pleural mesothelioma (76)

asbestos-related non-malignant disease (69)

healthy controls (45)

133 ± 10

30 ± 3

20 ± 4

--

--

--

[5]

 

EDTA plasma

esophageal carcinoma (103)

--

606 (82.8–1980)

[20]

 

plasma

ovarian cancer (51)

healthy controls (107)

486.5

147.1

--

--

[21]

 

plasma

ovarian cancer (38)

--

178 (12–3468)

[22]

 

serum

ovarian cancer, post-surgery (267)

healthy controls (67)

74 ± 116

147 ± 192

25 (25–671)

85 (25–617)

[23]

 

heparin plasma

non-small lung cancer (158)

benign pulmonary disease (54)

healthy controls (25)

356.2

175.6

29.5

319.1 (16–1600)

161.6 (1.3–442.8)

17.9 (0–102.8)

[24]

 

EDTA plasma

coronary artery disease (107)

healthy controls (71)

616 ± 308

443 ± 237

--

--

[16]

 

EDTA plasma

interstitial pneumonia (17)

healthy controls (20)

945 ± 256

156.7 ± 52.2

--

--

[15]