title: Lysosomal enzymes in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with gastric cancer.
abstract: The activity of acid phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase was assessed using semiquantitative cytochemical methods in peripheral blood lymphocytes of 45 untreated patients with gastric cancer and 80 healthy subjects. In cancer patients the study demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in the number of lymphocytes with granular reaction for acid phosphatase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, as well as an increase in the number of lymphocytes showing a granular-diffuse reaction for the above enzymes and a diffuse reaction for all the studied lysosomal enzymes. Possible mechanisms of the observed changes are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000097:blood; D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000097:blood; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D005966:Glucuronidase; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase