title: Ornithine decarboxylase activity and polyamine content in adenocarcinomas of human stomach and large intestine.
abstract: Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and differential polyamine composition have been studied in macroscopically normal mucosa, adjacent mucosa, and neoplastic tissue of 95 patients with adenocarcinomas of stomach and large intestine. In tumors, we found increased ODC activity and polyamine content as compared with surrounding mucosa. ODC activity in macroscopically normal tissue of patients with tumors of stomach and large intestine increased as the disease progressed. An inverse relationship was observed between ODC activity in adenocarcinomas and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Biochemistry, R.E. Kavetsky Institute for Oncological Problems, Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian SSR, Kiev.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Berdinskikh
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ignatenko
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Zaletok
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ganina
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Chorniy
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D015317:Biogenic Polyamines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000032:analysis*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015317:Biogenic Polyamines; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase