[Clinical significance of serum "hepatoma-specific" gamma-glutamyl transferase and alkaline phosphatase].
By means of polyacrylamide gel stage electrophoresis designed by us, serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were separated into 9 (I to IX) and 7 (I to VII) isoenzyme bands. The GGT II and ALP I were found only in the sera of patients with primary hepatic carcinoma showing positive rates of 29.5% and 8.5%, respectively. The combined positive rate of the two kinds of isoenzymes was 36.2% which is lower than that of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the liver cancer but it has a higher specificity compared to the latter test. Furthermore, positive GGT II and ALP I may also be present in patients with liver cancer who were negative for AFP. It is obvious that the simultaneous determinations of GGT II, ALP I and AFP are mutually supplementary in the diagnosis of liver cancer.
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D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000097:blood; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood*
D007527:Isoenzymes; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase