Serum B-N-acetyl hexosaminidase levels in rats with experimental acute pancreatitis, small-bowel ischemia, and small-bowel obstruction.
B-N-acetyl hexosaminidase (B-NAH), a lysosomal hydrolase, was measured in the blood of rats with induced acute pancreatitis, massive small-bowel ischemia, and small-bowel closed-loop obstruction. B-NAH was not significantly elevated within 24 h after induction of the above conditions. This suggests that B-NAH is not an acute phase reactant in a severe acute abdominal catastrophe, such as those mentioned above. Some rats showed an extremely high level of B-NAH, and this may imply a fatal prognosis in such animals.
Scapa
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Institute of Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases and Nutrition, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Sayfan
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J
Ashkenazi
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N
Orda
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S
Eshchar
J
J
Orda
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R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000210:Acute-Phase Reaction / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D054819:Hexosaminidase B; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000201:enzymology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000201:enzymology*; D011379:Prognosis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / Q000097:blood*
D054819:Hexosaminidase B; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases