CHANGE IN VARIANT TRANSTHYRETIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOTIC POLYNEUROPATHY TYPE-I FOLLOWING LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION

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作者
ANDO, Y
TANAKA, Y
NAKAZATO, M
BOGORANERICZON
YAMASHITA, T
TASHIMA, K
SAKASHITA, N
SUGA, M
UCHINO, M
ANDO, M
机构
[1] MIYAZAKI MED COLL,DEPT INTERNAL MED 3,MIYAZAKI 88916,JAPAN
[2] HUDDINGE HOSP,DEPT TRANSPLANTAT SURG,S-14186 HUDDINGE,SWEDEN
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D O I
10.1006/bbrc.1995.1820
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Three patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) type I underwent liver transplantation from heart-beating cadaveric donors. Since 2 patients underwent blood transfusion during the operation, variant transthyretin (TTR) levels in the plasma did not decrease time dependently. However, in 1 patient without blood transfusion variant TTR levels decreased in a time dependent manner and plasma half life of variant TTR was calculated to be 2.1 days. Total protein, normal, and variant TTR levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) remained unchanged after liver transplantation. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:354 / 358
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