title: Aminotransferases in post-mortem cochlear fluids.
abstract: Aspartate and alanine aminotransferase (ASAT, ALAT) activities were measured in human post-mortem sera, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), perilymph and endolymph. Due to heart and/or liver morbidity during a terminal illness, the ASAT and ALAT serum activities were considerably increased as compared with normal and both were 20--30 times higher (p less than 0.001) than in CSF or inner ear fluids. CSF and inner ear fluids showed mutually similar values.
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D003051:Cochlea / Q000201:enzymology*; D004710:Endolymph / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007761:Labyrinthine Fluids / Q000201:enzymology*; D010498:Perilymph / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase