title: Cerebrospinal fluid placental alkaline phosphatase in the intracranial germinomas: results of enzyme antigen immunoassay.
abstract: The authors investigated the placental alkaline phosphatase (PALP) activity in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by enzyme-antigen immunoassay using polyclonal antibody as a marker for intracranial germinomas in 17 patients with germ cell tumors and 20 with other disorders. The detection limit of PALP activity was 0.072 optical density units equivalent to 5.9 ng/ml. Five of nine germinomas demonstrated high CSF PALP activities before treatment. These high PALP activities became undetectable following radiation therapy. The other tumors were small or had no CSF contact. CSF PALP activity is a useful tumor marker for pure germinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gunma University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naganuma
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000276:immunology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000201:enzymology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000201:enzymology; D002648:Child; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000276:immunology; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase