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Angiopoietin-like protein 8 (ANGPTL8), also known as betatrophin, is a recently discovered protein that regulates lipid metabolism. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between ANGPTL8 levels and disease severity in AP patients, and to explore the potential of ANGPTL8 as a biomarker. Materials and Methods: This prospective study included 50 patients diagnosed with AP who were admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine at Dr. Cemil Ta\u015fc\u0131o\u011flu City Hospital between September 2021 and February 2022. Additionally, 39 healthy volunteers who underwent a check-up at the same hospital served as the control group. The Glasgow\u2013Imrie (GI) score was used to assess the severity of pancreatitis. Results: ANGPTL8 levels were found to be significantly lower in the AP group compared to the control group, with a statistically significant correlation between ANGPTL8 levels and the severity of AP (p &lt; 0.05). The cut-off level of ANGPTL8 based on the GI score was determined to be 70.9 ng\/L. The GI score for ANGPTL8 was 0.749 (95% CI: 0.606\u20130.861) (p &lt; 0.001). The overall cut-off value for ANGPTL8 was 179.2 ng\/L, with an overall classification rate of 0.936 (95% CI: 0.864\u20130.977) (p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions: This study demonstrates that ANGPTL8 levels vary between patients with and without AP, with lower levels observed in AP patients. Our research is the first to identify decreased ANGPTL8 levels as an independent predictor of AP severity. ANGPTL8 may play a crucial role in regulating inflammation or metabolic dysfunction in AP. However, further studies are needed to confirm these findings in larger populations and investigate ANGPTL8\u2019s mechanistic role in AP. Longitudinal studies could help determine whether ANGPTL8 levels act as a biomarker for disease progression or treatment response, potentially paving the way for targeted therapies to improve outcomes for AP patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61040708","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,14]],"date-time":"2025-04-14T09:06:51Z","timestamp":1744621611000},"page":"708","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Clinical Value of Circulating Angiopoietin-like Protein 8\/Betatrophin Levels in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0838-9220","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Perihan Ozkan","family":"Gumuskaya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Dr. Cemil Ta\u015fc\u0131o\u011flu City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, 340110 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2733-402X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emine","family":"Yildirim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Atlas University, 34403 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1810-7490","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ozgur","family":"Altun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Dr. Cemil Ta\u015fc\u0131o\u011flu City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, 340110 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1347-8498","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hafize","family":"Uzun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Atlas University, 34403 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"568","DOI":"10.3892\/ijmm.2013.1420","article-title":"Effect of angiopoietin-like protein 4 on rat pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells exposed to LPS","volume":"32","author":"Wang","year":"2013","journal-title":"Int. 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