title: [Changes in blood levels of haptoglobin and ceruloplasmin in vitamin A deficiency in Sprague-Dawley rats].
abstract: The aim of the present study was to find out whether the elevation of the serum ceruloplasmin level, previously described in vitamin-A-deficient rats, is a specific phenomenon. Quantitative variations of serum ceruloplasmin, albumin and haptoglobin (whose concentration increased during inflammation) were determined in normal and vitamin-A-deficient rats. Concentrations of ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin, and the value of the haptoglobin to albumin ratio are increased in the serum of vitamin-A-deficient rats compared to normal rats. The results suggested that the increased serum level of ceruloplasmin in vitamin-A-deficient rats was due to the presence of inflammation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000032:analysis*; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D007249:Inflammation; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000032:analysis; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006242:Haptoglobins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014801:Vitamin A; D002570:Ceruloplasmin
vernacular_title: Etude des variations du taux sérique d'haptoglobine et de céruloplasmine au cours d'une carence en vitamine A chez le rat de souche Sprague-Dawley.