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However, the physiological and pathological significance of DJ-1 secretion is not clearly understood. This study investigated the clinical value of serum DJ-1 in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>The study involved 224 LUAD patients, 110 patients with benign pulmonary disease and 100 healthy controls from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. We detected the expression of DJ-1 in lung cell lines <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>. Meanwhile, serum concentrations of DJ-1, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), and cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA21-1) were measured. The diagnostic performance of LUAD was obtained using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Kaplan\u2013Meier, univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed for progression-free survival (PFS).<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>DJ-1 was highly expressed in LUAD cell lines. Serum DJ-1 levels were significantly higher in the LUAD group compared to the benign pulmonary disease group (5.04 <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> 3.66 ng\/mL, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and healthy controls (5.04 <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> 3.51 ng\/mL, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). DJ-1 levels were associated with gender (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.002), smoking history (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.042) and lymph node metastasis (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.040). ROC curve analysis of DJ-1 revealed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.758 (95% CI [0.714\u20130.803], <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) with a sensitivity of 63.8% and specificity of 78.6% at a cutoff value of 4.62 ng\/mL for the detection of LUAD. Univariate and multivariate analyses confirmed that the preoperative serum DJ-1 level, tumor stage and smoking history were independent prognostic factors of PFS.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>Our study is the first to explore the clinical value of serum DJ-1 in LUAD comprehensively. 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