Ultracentrifugal studies of the alpha(2)-proteins of normal human serum before and after the addition of hemoglobin have revealed three separate and clearly distinguishable patterns based on the three major serum haptoglobin groups. Isolation of the three haptoglobin hemoglobin complexes disclosed characteristic patterns for each group. The heterozygote was found to possess electrophoretic and ...

To assess the severity of hemolysis and to determine whether severity of hemolysis was related to type of prosthesis, hematocrit readings (Hct), schistocyte counts (S), reticulocyte counts (R), and determinations of haptoglobin (Hp), lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH), bilirubin, urinary hemoglobin, and urinary hemosiderin (Hs) were performed on 54 patients who had three different types of aortic ...

background: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (fsgs) is a type of nephrotic syndrome which is diagnosed by renal biopsy. degree of the proteinuria, renal dysfunction, histologic findings and the response to therapy are some factors used for evaluating the prognosis of fsgs. objectives: in the present study, we attempted to discover some protein candidates for disease prognosis related to glome...

Cumulative knowledge of the protein composition of plasma and newer techniques for specificanalysisof proteins have made obsolete most flocculationtests, the albumin:globulin ratio,scanning diagrams, and most determinations of electrophoretic fractions. More clinically relevant information about the serum protein composition is obtained by critical visual evaluation of the protein bands obtaine...

Samples of blood and sera were obtained from unrelated adolescent and adult Bantus who were clinical patients at the Central Hospital. Males and females were pooled together for analysis. Hemolysates were analyzed by starch-gel electrophoresis methods using Tris-EDTA-borate buffer at pH 8.6 [1] and by cellulose-acetate electrophoresis in the same basic buffer system. Benzidine was used for stai...