Abstract |
Affinity electrophoresis of human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) with the erythroagglutinating phytohemagglutinin of Phaseolus vulgaris ( E-PHA) gave up to five resolved bands (y, h, i, l and a; given in the order of decreasing affinity for E-PHA); band a having no affinity and bands y and h representing asialo-AFP's. The proportion of band y increased in extrahepatic tumors producing AFP, including yolk sac tumor, and of band h, in addition, in hepatocellular carcinoma. The proportion of either band y or h (or y + h) increased, over the means plus 2 standard deviations of the respective bands of cord serum AFP, in 20 out of 25 cases (80%) of hepatocellular carcinoma, including cell lines, and in all the patients with extrahepatic malignancy. Band i was detected in more than half the cases with malignancy, although the extent of its increases was much less. Band a appeared only in limited cases. None of the hepatitis and cirrhotic patients showed increased proportions of band y or h (or y + h), indicating the usefulness of the determination of asialo-AFP for the discrimination between benign and malignant liver diseases.
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Authors | K Taketa, E Ichikawa, K Akamatsu, Y Ohta, C Sekiya, M Namiki, H Takami, H Kaneda, K Higashino, H Taga |
Journal | Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine
(Tumour Biol)
Vol. 6
Issue 6
Pg. 533-44
( 1985)
ISSN: 1010-4283 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 2426756
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Asialoglycoproteins
- Fetuins
- Phytohemagglutinins
- alpha-Fetoproteins
- asialofetuin
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Topics |
- Adenocarcinoma
(analysis)
- Adult
- Asialoglycoproteins
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
(analysis)
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Electrophoresis
(methods)
- Fetal Blood
(analysis)
- Fetuins
- Hepatitis
(pathology)
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Liver Cirrhosis
(pathology)
- Liver Neoplasms
(analysis)
- Mesonephroma
(analysis)
- Neoplasms
(analysis)
- Phytohemagglutinins
(metabolism)
- Stomach Neoplasms
(analysis)
- alpha-Fetoproteins
(analysis)
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