title: [Intracellular bile acid activities in colon cancer and normal colon mucosa].
abstract: Bile acids are thought to be involved in the etiology and development of colo-rectal cancers. In this study, the intracellular bile acid activities both in colo-rectal cancers and normal colo-rectal mucosa in 12 patients were measured with a new bile acid ion selective microelectrodes. The results demonstrated that bile acid activities of colo-rectal mucosa cells were 5.0 +/- 3.7 x 10(-5) mol/L and those in colo-rectal cancer cells were 17.6 +/- 9.6 x 10(-5) mol/L, which is three times as high. This demonstrates that bile acids are closely related to the development of colo-rectal cancers. The intracellular bile acid activities remain stationary with age and sex.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts