title: [Pancreatic phospholipase A2].
abstract: Pancreatic phospholipase A2 is one of the digestive enzymes in pancreatic juice. As there are other phospholipase activities in the serum, serum pancreatic phospholipase A2 is measured by immunoassay. A decrease in the serum level of this enzyme is significantly correlated with pancreatic dysfunction demonstrated by the secretin test. Recently, pancreatic phospholipase A2 was reported to be a potent growth factor, and its receptor on the cell surface was cloned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Kumamoto University Medical School.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000097:blood*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2