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The concentrations of Mg, Zn, Cu and albumin, and pseudocholinesterase activity were measured in the sera of 31 AIDS patients, 27 belonging to group IVC1 and 4 to group IVC2. Mean values for all patients were within the normal ranges. Only two patients showed hypozincaemia. A correlation was found between the concentrations of serum zinc and albumin. The serum albumin concentration was correlated with the serum pseudocholinesterase activity.
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PMID:Concentrations of magnesium, zinc and copper in serum of patients with acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome. 280 13

In order to clarify the abnormal lipid metabolism after resection of esophageal cancer, we measured serum cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride phospholipid, free fatty acid, lipoprotein and apoprotein in 38 patients with esophageal cancer before and up to 4 weeks after operation. Patients were divided into three groups; group A consisted of 26 patients whose postoperative course was uneventful, group B, 12 patients who suffered from post-operative complications and group C, 15 control patients who underwent gastrectomy for cancer of the stomach. The conclusions were; 1) After operation, remarkable decrease was observed in many lipids and proteins which were synthesized mainly in the liver. This was more prominent in groups A and B than in group C. There was no difference between group A and B up to 2 weeks, however, after that recovery was slow in group B. 2) This decrease in serum lipids and proteins may be explained by the postoperative liver dysfunction which mimics acute hepatitis, and by abnormal increase in their consumption. 3) In group B, preoperative serum cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and albumin had been significantly lower than those in group A, and cholinesterase, apoAI and apoAII had also tended to be lower.
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PMID:[Lipid metabolism after operation for esophageal cancer]. 281 37

Serum dimethadione (DMO)/trimethadione (TMO) ratios after oral administration of TMO have been investigated in 10 patients with normal livers, 8 patients with hepatoma and 8 patients with hepatoma and cirrhosis. Serum concentration ratios of DMO to TMO at 4 h after oral administration of TMO in patients with chronic liver disease were significantly decreased by 27% for those with hepatoma and 52% for those with hepatoma and cirrhosis. Serum DMO/TMO ratios at 4 h correlated well with liver function characteristics (total protein r = 0.741, plasma albumin r = 0.826, total bilirubin r = -0.725, cholinesterase r = 0.853) as well as with pharmacokinetic parameters (total body clearance r = 0.852, half-life r = -0.636) in both patients with normal livers and patients with chronic liver disease. This study suggests that serum DMO/TMO ratios in a blood sample obtained by a single collection after an oral administration of TMO might provide a clinically useful index of the hepatic drug-oxidizing capacity in an individual patient with chronic liver disease without determining the liver function characteristics or the pharmacokinetic parameters.
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PMID:Trimethadione metabolism in patients with normal liver and in patients with chronic liver disease. 283 Mar 97

Using a monoclonal antibody to bromodeoxyuridine, we studied the cell kinetics of human hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis and alcoholic liver fibrosis. Specimens were taken either by biopsy or surgery and immediately incubated with 0.1% bromodeoxyuridine solution at 37 degrees C for 45 min. After in vitro labeling, the bromodeoxyuridine taken up by the nuclei of S-phase cells was determined by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method, using an anti-bromodeoxyuridine monoclonal antibody as the first antibody. The number of positive nuclei in 1,000 hepatic cells was counted, and the bromodeoxyuridine labeling index was expressed per thousand. The mean bromodeoxyuridine labeling index +/- S.D. of the cancerous portion of hepatocellular carcinoma, the noncancerous portion of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis and alcoholic liver fibrosis were 64.1 +/- 31.3, 33.6 +/- 14.4, 23.2 +/- 20.8, 9.1 +/- 6.1 and 21.6 +/- 13.0, respectively. The mean bromodeoxyuridine labeling index of the hepatocellular carcinoma cancerous portion was statistically higher than that of any other group. There was no statistical difference by the t test or the Wilcoxon test between the noncancerous portion of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis, and these two groups were proved interdependent by chi 2 test (Fisher's exact test), whether they were subdivided by bromodeoxyuridine labeling index greater than or equal to 10 or not. Bromodeoxyuridine labeling index was not significantly correlated with the usual biochemical parameters such as serum AST, ALT, gamma-GTP, alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, cholinesterase, albumin, and alpha-fetoprotein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:S-phase cells in diseased human liver determined by an in vitro BrdU-anti-BrdU method. 284 68

Eight liver biopsy specimens from five patients with PAS-negative intracisternal hyalin were investigated by immunofluorescence for: (1) immunoglobulins (Ig) G, A, M, D, E; (2) light chains (kappa and lambda); (3) complement components C1q, C4, C3c, C5, C9; (4) C1-inactivator; (5) C3-activator; (6) alpha 1-antitrypsin; (7) alpha 1-antichymotrypsin; (8) plasminogen; (9) fibrinogen; (10) fibrinogen breakdown products D and E; (11) fibronectin; (12) prealbumin; (13) albumin; (14) betalipoprotein; (15) apolipoprotein; (16) alpha 1- and alpha 2-glycoprotein; (17) cholinesterase; (18) ceruloplasmin; (19) haemopexin; (20) myoglobin; (21) placenta lactogen; (22) transferrin; (23) actin; (24) myosin; (25) cathepsin D; and (26) hepatitis B surface and core antigens (HBsAg and HBcAg). The globules reacted significantly with antisera against C3c (three patients), C4 (three patients), C3-activator (one patient) and fibrinogen (two patients). The cause of the protein accumulation is not clear. Serial studies indicate the possibility of a disturbance of protein secretion and an as yet unidentified immune complex disorder.
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PMID:Immunohistological investigations of PAS-negative globular intracisternal hyalin in human liver biopsy specimens. 285 88

The average biological intra-individual CV in 20 patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD), estimated for 14 analytes during a stationary phase, significantly exceeded that for a normal group in the cases of Na+, K+, Cl-, total protein, albumin, cholinesterase, hemoglobin, and alpha-amylase; it did not differ significantly from the normal group for cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminopeptidase; and it was significantly lower than in the normal group for alanine aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyltransferase. There were no significant sex-related differences in mean intra-individual variation in CLD patients. Individual values were gaussian-distributed for all analytes, including enzymes. The estimated biological component of intra-individual variation and the analytical variation as determined for each laboratory can be used to derive decision-making criteria in monitoring CLD.
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PMID:Intra-individual variation of analytes in serum from patients with chronic liver diseases. 288 11

The progression of effects induced by administration of ochratoxin A were characterized in young male broiler chickens (Hubbard x Hubbard). The experimental design consisted of four dietary treatments of ochratoxin A (0, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 micrograms ochratoxin A/g feed) and 11 replicates of 10 broilers/replicate. Broilers were housed in electrically heated batteries with feed and water available ad libitum. Broilers were weighed, bled, killed by cervical dislocation, and necropsied at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21 days of age. Toxicity of ochratoxin A to broilers was evident as early as 6 days of age, when significant (P less than .05) growth depression occurred at 4.0 micrograms dietary ochratoxin A/g feed. Dietary ochratoxin A significantly increased the relative weights of the liver, kidney, spleen, pancreas, and gizzard. Anemia, characterized by a significant decrease in packed-cell volume and hemoglobin levels, was present during ochratoxicosis. Hepatotoxicity of dietary ochratoxin A was evident through an observed significant reduction in serum levels of total protein, albumin, globulin, cholesterol, triglyceride, and blood urea nitrogen, and a significant increase in the serum activities of gamma glutamyl transferase and cholinesterase. A significant increase in serum uric acid and creatinine levels was indicative of nephrotoxicity. These data provide a description of the progression of ochratoxicosis in broilers that should be useful in diagnosis and in improved understanding of ochratoxicosis.
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PMID:Progression of ochratoxicosis in broiler chickens. 290 99

The genetic structure of two Chukot Evens subpopulations (314 individuals) for electrophoretic protein systems and taste sensitivity to PTC was studied. 17 of the 39 loci were polymorphic (43.59%). The following systems were completely monomorphic: diaphorase NAD H (Dia); glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD); glutamatoxalate transaminase (GOT); carbonic anhydrase (Ca-1); catalase (Ct), lactate dehydrogenase (loci LDH-A and LDH-B); leucine aminopeptidase (Lap); malate dehydrogenase (MDH); purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP); superoxide phosphorylase (PNP); superoxide dismutase (SOD); phosphoglucomutase-2 (PGM2); cholinesterase (locus E1); red cell esterase (4 loci); albumin (Alb); hemoglobin (Hb A and B); ceruloplasmin (Cp); and blood, gren, using the standard method. The following systems were polymorphic: red cell acid phosphatase (AcP); phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM1); 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD); glutamatepyruvate transaminase (GPT); glyoxalase-1 (GLO-1); esterase (EsD); adenilatkinase (AK); alkaline phosphatase (Pp); cholinesterase (locus E2); haptoglobin (Hp); transferrin (Tf); group-specific component (Gc) and ABO, MN, Lewis, P blood groups and taste sensitivity to PTC. The following allele frequencies for polymorphic loci have been detected: AKI = 0.994; GLO = 1I = 0.082; GPT1 = 0.653; AcPA = 0.400; AcPB = 0.599; AcPC = 0.001; PGDA = 0.944; PGM1(1) = 0.906; EsD1 = 0.897; E2+ = 0.048; HpI = 0.394; GcI = 0,919; Tfc = 0.987; r(O) = 0.669; p(A) = 0.184; q(B) = 0.146; M = 0.711; Le = 0.411; P1+ = 0.521; t = 0.295. The genetic structure of Chukot Evens population is significantly nearer to that of the other ethnic groups of the North-East, in comparison with the genetic structure of Evenks of the Middle Siberia.
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PMID:[Genetic structure of the populations of native inhabitants in the northeastern USSR. V. The Chukot Evens]. 293 99

The correlation between the amount of asialoglycoproteins and results of conventional liver function tests was studied in patients with chronic liver diseases, with or without hepatocellular carcinoma. The objective was to determine the clinical significance of the measurement of levels of serum asialoglycoproteins. The levels were elevated in accordance with the progress of liver diseases, and correlated with the decrease in albumin content, cholinesterase activity, the ratio of esterified cholesterol to total cholesterol and to the increase of indocyanine green retention at 15 min (p less than 0.001). There was no correlation with values of glutamic oxaloacetic and pyruvic transaminases. The amount of serum asialoglycoproteins also correlated with survival time in fatal cases of cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. Bilirubin and bile acids did not interfere with the measurement of serum asialoglycoproteins in cases of hyperbilirubinemia. Serum asialoglycoprotein levels are a good indicator of hepatic functional reserve in patients with chronic liver diseases, with or without hepatocellular carcinoma.
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PMID:Clinical application of the measurement of serum asialoglycoproteins to estimate residual liver function in patients with chronic liver diseases with or without hepatocellular carcinoma. 299 87

In a prospective study involving 25 consecutive adult orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) patients, of whom 23 had cirrhosis, we have related pretransplantation recipient parameters to blood loss during transplantation. In phase 1 (explantation of diseased liver) blood loss was 0.1-7.2 1, in phase 3 (following restoration of the portal blood flow after implantation) 0.1-39.7 1, and total blood loss was 1.6-47.2, median 9.2 1. Five patients (20%) died from causes directly related to defective haemostasis during the operation. Pretransplantation cholinesterase, antithrombin III and albumin correlated most strongly with blood loss in phase 1; a history of ascites, antithrombin III and cholinesterase levels correlated with blood loss in phase 3, and a history of ascites, urinary sodium and antithrombin III with total blood loss. Cholestasis did not influence blood loss. Portal hypertension per se presumably played only a restricted role. A pretransplant 24-h urinary sodium excretion of 10 mmol or less and a serum sodium of 132 mmol/l or less were highly predictive of blood loss exceeding 10 1 during OLT. Urinary sodium determination under test conditions and serum sodium measurement should already be part of the assessment of potential OLT candidates by the referring hospital.
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PMID:Liver disease and its effect on haemostasis during liver transplantation. 299 51


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