A method is described for the estimation of serum haptoglobin as ;haemoglobin-binding capacity'. The method relies on column chromatographic separation of the haemoglobin/haptoglobin complex from excess added free haemoglobin on the dextran gel Sephadex G.100. The method is simple and reproducible, and correlates well with another method of estimating haemoglobin-binding capacity over a wide ra...

Variations in the human karyotype have been found in association with a variety of congenital anomalies and also in the normal population (Miller and Mukherjee, 1962; Court Brown, 1967). Court Brown's population studies (1967) have revealed that between 2 and 3%o of the normal adult population has a karyotype with structural autosomal variations. Occasionally, homologous autosomes reveal differ...

Almost all individuals (182) belonging to an Amazonian riverine population (Portuchuelo, RO, Brazil) were investigated for ascertaining data on epidemiological aspects of malaria. Thirteen genetic blood polymorphisms were investigated (ABO, MNSs, Rh, Kell, and Duffy systems, haptoglobins, hemoglobins, and the enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glyoxalase, phosphoglucomutase, carbonic an...

A host of acute phase proteins whose concentrations increase in blood following infection or inflammations are called inflammatory markers. Hundreds of such markers have been identifiedin various infection diseases, but only very few are being measured by clinical laboratories for diagnostic purpose. While established assays for inflammatory markers like hsCRP, Immunoglobins, procalcitonin, TNF...

Antibody to purified type 1-1 human serum haptoglobin was obtained in rabbits. Using this antiserum it was demonstrated that the antigenic determinants of the haptoglobin molecule reside in both alpha- and beta-chains. No immunological difference between the normal alpha(1F)- and alpha(1S)-chains of haptoglobin could be detected. A number of healthy individuals whose haptoglobin pattern appeare...

Few studies of genetically determin ed traits, other than erythrocyte antigens, or phenylthiocarbamide taste ability (1 , ~, .1,r" IO), have been conducted in leprosy, Therefore, as part of an investiga tion of genetic polymorphism and leprosy conducted under the auspices of the Leonard Wood Memorial, five genetic markers were studied in leprosy patients and controls from Cebu, Philippines. Inc...

Haptoglobin-related protein (Hpr) is a primate-specific plasma protein associated with apolipoprotein L-I (apoL-I)-containing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles shown to be a part of the innate immune defense. Despite the assumption hitherto that Hpr does not bind to hemoglobin, the present study revealed that recombinant Hpr binds hemoglobin as efficiently as haptoglobin (Hp). However, i...

The interaction between human hemoglobin and haptoglobin has been followed by measuring the quenching of haptoglobin fluorescence associated with complex formation. The effects of varying the concentration of the reactants suggest that hemoglobin tetramers do not react with haptoglobin, but that hemoglobin subunits are involved. Separated a! chains of hemoglobin react with haptoglobin; although...

Background: Introduction: Searching for an ideal marker for diagnosing neonatal infection is still an important concern in every country. There are many biomarkers reported for neonatal sepsis. Haptoglobin is an acute phase reactants which rise in response to infection and injuries. In this report we discussed the efficacy of serum haptoglobin level in different cut off levels in early onset ne...