title: [A comparison between the urinary and serum NAG activity in subjects with chronic nephropathies and essential arterial hypertension].
abstract: Various substances can interfere with the urinary activity of N-acetyl-beta-D-glycosaminidase (NAG), particularly certain bacteria that exert inhibitory or enhancing effects on the enzyme. Clearly, all this constitutes a limitation on the use of the technique. For these reasons, in patients suffering from interstitial and glomerular nephropathies and essential arterial hypertension a comparative study was carried out between the activity of urinary and serum NAG to establish if the latter produces more reliable results than the former. The results of urinary NAG activity confirm that there is no significant difference between healthy subjects and those with essential arterial hypertension; on the other hand, nephropathic patients present significantly higher urinary enzyme activity than healthy controls. On the other hand, evaluation of serum NAG does not seem to provide any practical aid as it does not highlight any difference between measurements carried out in healthy subjects and those carried out in hypertensive patients or those suffering from interstitial or glomerular nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Urologica, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Persichetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Clemenzia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laterza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sagliaschi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Re
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fagioli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Punzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angelitti
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006596:Hexosaminidases / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine; D006596:Hexosaminidases; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase
vernacular_title: Confronto tra le attività urinaria e sierica del NAG in soggetti affetti da nefropatie croniche e da ipertensione arteriosa essenziale.