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Diagnostic value of the creatine kinase-MB/creatine kinase and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios in acute myocardial infarction
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical significance of the creatine kinase (CK)-MB/total CK ratio, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and red blood cell...
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Cerebrospinal Creatine Kinase BB Isoenzyme: A Biomarker for Predicting Outcome After Cardiac Arrest
BackgroundCerebrospinal fluid creatine kinase BB isoenzyme (CSF CK-BB) after cardiac arrest (CA) has been shown to have a high positive predictive...
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Preoperative low plasma creatine kinase levels predict worse survival outcomes in bladder cancer after radical cystectomy
Background and aimsTo evaluate the prognostic significance of preoperative creatine kinase (CK) levels in bladder cancer (BCa) patients who underwent...
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Preoperative Low Creatine Kinase as a Poor Prognostic Factor in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of preoperative serum creatine kinase (CK) levels in...
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Extremely elevated creatine kinase associated with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury in a patient with Huntington’s disease: a case report
BackgroundRhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury is a serious condition that can progress to acute renal failure if not promptly identified and...
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Cabozantinib-induced serum creatine kinase elevation and rhabdomyolysis: a retrospective case series
PurposeRhabdomyolysis, which is primarily characterized by serum creatine kinase (CK) elevation, is a potentially fatal disease, and it can occur in...
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Mitochondrial creatine kinase 1 regulates the cell cycle in non-small cell lung cancer via activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 4
BackgroundNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the main type of the most common malignant tumor in the world. Previous studies have shown that the...
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Synergistic effect on cardiac energetics by targeting the creatine kinase system: in vivo application of high-resolution 31P-CMRS in the mouse
BackgroundPhosphorus cardiovascular magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 31 P-CMRS) has emerged as an important tool for the preclinical assessment of...
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Prognostic significance of preoperative low serum creatine kinase levels in gastric cancer
PurposeWe evaluated the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of preoperative serum creatine kinase (CK) levels in gastric cancer.
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The interactive relationship of dietary choline and betaine with physical activity on circulating creatine kinase (CK), metabolic and glycemic markers, and anthropometric characteristics in physically active young individuals
BackgroundThere is conflicting evidence on the relationship between dietary choline and betaine with metabolic markers and anthropometric...
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Effects of Tuina on serum creatine kinase and skeletal muscle mitochondria in delayed onset muscle soreness model rats
ObjectiveTo observe the effect of Tuina (Chinese therapeutic massage) on creatine kinase (CK), mitochondrial Ca 2+ concentration, and ultrastructure...
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The role of creatine kinase in distinguishing generalized tonic–clonic seizures from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and syncope: a retrospective study and meta-analysis of 1300 patients
Background/aimAs the clinical differentiation between epileptic seizures, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), and syncope depends mainly on a...
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Ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase promotes the progression of gastric cancer through a JNK-MAPK/JUN/HK2 axis regulated glycolysis
BackgroundUbiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase (uMtCK) transfers high-energy phosphates from mitochondrially generated ATP to creatine to...
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Elevation in creatine kinase isoenzyme-MM associated with hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report and review of literature
We report the case of a 79-year-old woman with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who presented with creatine kinase (CK)-MM elevation. On admission, her...
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Preoperative low serum creatine kinase is associated with poor overall survival in the male patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
BackgroundSerum creatine kinase level has been reported to be a prognostic indicator in breast or lung cancers but no reports have been in esophageal...
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Creatine kinase and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a literature review and multi-centre cohort analysis
BackgroundAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a prognostically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease. Blood creatine kinase (CK) level has been...
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“Heads Up” for Creatine Supplementation and its Potential Applications for Brain Health and Function
There is emerging interest regarding the potential beneficial effects of creatine supplementation on indices of brain health and function. Creatine...
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A high serum creatine kinase (CK)-MB-to-total-CK ratio in patients with pancreatic cancer: a novel application of a traditional marker in predicting malignancy of pancreatic masses?
BackgroundThe finding that some benign pancreatic masses mimic the imaging appearance of carcinomas poses a challenge for pancreatic surgeons....
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The Effect of Years-Long Exposure to Low-Dose Colchicine on Renal and Liver Function and Blood Creatine Kinase Levels: Safety Insights from the Low-Dose Colchicine 2 (LoDoCo2) Trial
Background and ObjectiveThe Low-Dose Colchicine-2 (LoDoCo2) trial showed that 2–4 years exposure to colchicine 0.5 mg once daily reduced the risk of...
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In primary total hip arthroplasty, the direct anterior approach leads to higher levels of creatine kinase and lower levels of C-reactive protein compared to the posterolateral approach: a propensity score matching analysis of short-term follow-up data
BackgroundThis retrospective study compares the invasiveness of the direct anterior approach (DAA) and the posterolateral approach (PLA) in total hip...
