Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional molecule highly expressed in chronic inflammatory
and autoimmune diseases, and it is specifically localized in and around inflammatory cells …

Objectives: To develop an immunoassay for osteopontin (OPN), a secreted
phosphoglycoprotein that is implicated in a number of human diseases, and establish basal …

Circulating full-length osteopontin (FL-OPN) is elevated in plasma from patients with various
infectious diseases, such as adult T-cell leukemia, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) …

The joint disease osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, which mainly
affects the older people. OA is becoming one of the major non-fatal health burdens of the …

OBJECTIVES: Osteopontin (OPN) is associated with several human malignancies, but the
role of OPN in head and neck cancer (HNC) remains unclear. We investigated the …

Osteopontin (OPN) is a bone matrix protein expressed my macrophages and related to the
process of tissue calcification, and is also known to protect ischemic cells. To understand …

Background: The mechanism underlying disease progression in progressive multiple
sclerosis (MS) is uncertain. Pathological studies found widespread inflammation in …

Background: Osteopontin (OPN) is reportedly involved in bone desorption, formation and
ectopic calcification. We sought to investigate the role of OPN gene polymorphism in the …

Background Osteopontin (OPN) has been implicated in bone remodeling by activating the
resorption process. We aimed to study the relationship between OPN, bone mineral density …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and
hepatocellular carcinoma. Recent evidences have also suggested that HCV infection …