title: Flow cytometric method to measure urea-resistant alkaline phosphatase from blood neutrophils for use in the prenatal screening of Down's syndrome.
abstract: The histochemical measurement of urea-resistant alkaline phosphatase from maternal blood neutrophils is known to have a high detection rate for the prenatal detection of Down's syndrome pregnancies. However, because the histochemical method is laborious and subjective to use, it has not gained widespread acceptance in prenatal screening programmes. We present a simple and objective method for the measurement of urea-resistant alkaline phosphatase by flow cytometry. The method should allow the design of larger studies aimed at evaluating the role of neutrophil urea-resistant alkaline phosphatase in the prenatal screening for Down's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ylikangas
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Parviainen
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Penttilä
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000097:blood; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005452:Fluoresceins / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014508:Urea / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C032079:3-O-methylfluorescein phosphate; D000925:Anticoagulants; D005452:Fluoresceins; D014508:Urea; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase