Biocompatibility of charcoal hemoperfusion. Effects of long-term treatment on lymphocyte characteristics and function.
Biocompatibility of charcoal hemoperfusion was studied in a group of 15 uremic patients, evaluating the effects of long-term treatment on some structural and functional parameters of circulating lymphocytes: in vivo distribution of T-cell subsets; surface T3, T4 and T8 antigen expression, in vivo and in vitro DNA synthesis. A comparative analysis was performed with patients on conventional dialysis using cuprophan membranes.
D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D002606:Charcoal; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006464:Hemoperfusion; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014511:Uremia / Q000628:therapy
D000954:Antigens, Surface; D002606:Charcoal; D004247:DNA