New clinical application of gamma-glutamyltransferase / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The routine biochemistry test-serum ?-glutamyltransferase(GGT,?-GT)has long been used for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of liver and bile duct diseases.Recent studies showed that high level serum GGT associated with occurrence of chronic kidney disease or insulin-resistance and type 2 diabetes afterward.Also,it can predict the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction or stroke.So,high level serum GGT associated with all-cause mortality in population.Serum GGT might be an indicator of oxidative stress showing the injures of cells by oxygen radicals and a predictive index of many diseases.More attention should be paid and emphasized on its predictive value.