OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test the utility of serum alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes determination from patients with renal insufficiency. MATERIAL AND METHODS Serum levels of alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes were determined in a group of 58 patients: 22 of them suffering acute renal insufficiency (ARI) and 36 with chronic renal failure (CRF) undergoing regular hemodialysis, result...

In the present study phosphatase levels ( Acid and Alkaline ) were compared with sperm count and motility in 100 subjects with varying conditions. All the subjects presented were between 21-45 years of age. Samples of semen were collected from 100 cases comprising of the different grades of sperm concentration and motility. Human seminal fluid contains significant amount of acid phosphatase and...

INTRODUCTION Limited evidence suggests that serum alkaline phosphatase activity may decrease after cardiac surgery in adults and children. The importance of this finding is not known. Recent studies, however, have identified a potential role for alkaline phosphatase as modulator of inflammation in multiple settings, including during adult cardiopulmonary bypass. We sought to describe the change...

A phoRc and a phoB mutation belong to the same complementation group suggesting that there is a single positive control gene for alkaline phosphatase synthesis.

The view is advanced that it is important to fix the stage of development corresponding to the pattern of expression of oncodevelopmental proteins in neoplastic transformation and neoplasia. From a map of development focused on events beginning with the zygote and ending with the establishment of fetus and placenta, it is possible to explain why certain develop mental gene products are restrict...

S ERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY is the enzyme analysis most frequently made in clinical laboratories. It has long been a diagnostic tool and therapeutic index in both liver and osseous disease. Its usefulness could be expanded by a method which would measure alkaline phosphatase activity rapidly, accurately, and with a minimum of technical manipulation. Ideally, the substrate for such a me...

The creation of novel bone substitutes requires a detailed understanding of the interaction between cells and materials. This study was designed to test certain polymers, specifically poly(caprolactone) (PCL), poly(D,L-lactic-CO-glycolic acid) (PLGA), and combinations of these polymers for their ability to support bone marrow stromal cell proliferation and differentiation. Bone marrow stromal c...