title: Tissue polypeptide specific antigen in hepatitis B carriers.
abstract: Forty-three normal and thirty-five healthy Chinese hepatitis B carriers were included in our study for comparison with each other. The serum levels of tissue polypeptide specific antigen were measured with a method of immunoradiometric assay (IRMA). The results revealed that the mean +/- SD TPS levels in the 43 normal Chinese and 35 carriers are 85.0 +/- 16.0 and 131.9 +/- 20.1 U/L respectively. There is a significant statistical difference for the TPS level between the two groups. In conclusion, we suggest that the existence of hepatitis B surface antigen is an important factor affecting the serum level of TPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D010455:Peptides; C089984:tissue polypeptide specific antigen