title: Polyamine oxidase activity in serum of cancer patients and healthy subjects.
abstract: Polyamine oxidase (PAO) activity was determined in the serum of cancer patients and healthy subjects. However, the data obtained showed that PAO activity was extremely low or undetectable in the serum of cancer patients and healthy subjects. The difference in PAO activity observed between the sera of cancer patients and healthy subjects was statistically insignificant. Thus, the measurement of PAO activity in serum has no value as a cancer marker.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Biochimica, Istituto dei Tumori, Napoli, Italia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000097:blood*; D013095:Spermidine / Q000378:metabolism; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase
chemical_list: D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D013095:Spermidine; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase