Serum antibody responses to an ascitic variant of rat hepatoma D23

Ascitic fluid to serum bilirubin ratio for differentiation of exudates from transudates

  Abstract   Background: Regarding the diagnostic errors of the classic criteria including serum ascites   albumin gradient (SAAG), total protein concentration and the adapted Light et al’s criteria   in distinguishing transudate versus exudates, we evaluated the ascitic fluid to serum   bilirubin ratio as a new criteria in this regard. We also evaluated whether the combination of   bilirubin r...

Chicken Immunoglobulins in Serum and Ascitic Fluid

Inductive pathways leading to rat tear IgA antibody responses.

PURPOSE To define the inductive pathways leading to rat tear IgA antibody responses. METHODS Fluoresceinated dinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin was encapsulated in poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles and was administered by intranasal, ocular topical, or gastrointestinal routes. Histologic methods were used to determine the microparticles' ability to access tissues associated with m...

Chicken immunoglobulins in serum and ascitic fluid.

Changes in serum putrescine and spermidine levels following local radiation to hepatoma 3924A of the rat.

Local irradiation of tumors of rats bearing 3924A hepatomas resulted in more than a doubling of the putrescine levvel and nearly a doubling of spermidine concentration in the serum within 12 hr. Within 24 hr, the putrescine concentration had increased four-fold in the serum, along with a continued increase in the spermidine concentration. The decrease in the spermidine concentration of the tumo...