Anti-Mitochondrial Antibody Titers Decrease Over Time in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Patients With Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapeutic Response: A Cohort Study Followed Up to 28 Years.

Background: How anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) and liver biochemistry levels change in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients treated with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) remains unclear. Methods: A 28-year cohort of 157 PBC patients was conducted. Patients with alkaline phosphatase (Alk-p) levels >1.67 × upper limit of normal after 1 year of UDCA treatment were considered nonresponders. Results: At baseline, of 157 (mean age: 54.41 years), 136 (86.6%) were female, 51 (32.5%) had cirrhosis, and 128 (81.5%) had detectable AMAs (immunoglobulin G). UDCA nonresponders (n=61) were younger and had higher Alk-p and total bilirubin levels and cirrhosis rates than UDCA responders (n=84). Alk-p levels and cirrhosis were negatively associated with UDCA response. Regardless of cirrhosis and UDCA response, most PBC patients had decreased Alk-p and γ-glutamyltransferase levels at last follow-up (up to 28.73 years) compared with baseline levels. Patients with baseline cirrhosis (2.78 ± 2.56 vs. 6.84 ± 9.00 mg/dL, p=0.024) and UDCA nonresponders (2.54 ± 2.19 vs. 4.51 ± 6.99 mg/dL, p=0.006) had increased total bilirubin levels while patients without cirrhosis (AST: 91.5 ± 84.5 vs. 58.9 ± 43.7 U/L, p<0.001; ALT: 107.3 ± 122.5 vs. 50.7 ± 36.8 U/L, p<0.001) and UDCA responders (AST: 83.8 ± 101.3 vs. 45.58 ± 38.42 U/L, p=0.014; ALT: 95.10 ± 144.6 vs. 39.12 ± 30.65 U/L, p=0.009) had decreased aminotransferase levels. Only UDCA responders had decreased AMA titers from 1 year after UDCA treatment (p=0.028) until the last follow-up (p<0.001). Conclusions: UDCA responders exhibited decreased AMA titers 1 year after treatment. Regardless of UDCA response, PBC patients showed improved cholestatic features, but only UDCA responders and patients without baseline cirrhosis exhibited attenuated hepatobiliary damage following UDCA treatment.

Investigação da Carboxipeptidase, Esfingomielinase e Fosfatase Alcalina de Schistosoma mansoni como potenciais antígenos / Investigation of Carboxypeptidase, Sphingomyelinase and Alkaline Phosphatase from Schistosoma mansoni as potential vaccine candidates

A esquitossomose representa um grande problema em saúde pública, embora negligenciada pelas grandes empresas farmaceuticas. Três genes foram selecionados a partir do transcriptoma do S. mansoni pela possibilidade de estarem presentes na interface parasita-hospedeiro e portanto pelo potencial de serem usados como vacinas. Foi feita uma caracterização molecular destas proteínas no parasita e uma avaliação preliminar dopotencial protetor no modelo murino...

Schistossomiasis is an important disease in public health but neglected by most of the pharmaceutical companies. Three genes were selected from S. mansoni transcriptome to be investigated at the host-parasite interface with furter potential to be used as vaccines. A biological characterization was performed with these three proteins and a preliminary their immunoprotective potential...

Utilidad de la fosfatasa alcalina urinaria como marcador precoz de lesión tubular renal / Utility of urinary alkaline phosphatase as early marker of renal tubular failure

El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la actividad de la fosfatasa alcalina urinaria (FALur) para evaluar precozmente lesión tubular y su utilidad diagnóstica. Los pacientes estudiados fueron: 20 Controles (C), 11 hipertensos (HTA), 23 diabéticos (DBT) y 34 con insuficiencia renal de diverso origen (IRDO). Se realizaron las determinaciones de: creatinina, clearence de creatinina (Jaffé cinético), FAL sérica y urinaria (cinético DGKC), microalbuminuria (inmunoturbidimétrico), proteiunuria (turbidimétrico), uroproteinograma, SDS-PAGE (al 12,5%) e isoenzimograma de FAL. La FAL sérica hallada fue normal, sin diferencia entre grupos y sin relación con el aumento de la FALur. El valor de corte recomendado para FALur fue de 8 UI/L. La FALur estuvo elevada en HTA e IRDO y normal en individuos con DBT. Los aumentos de FALur en IRDO se relacionaron con la lesión tubular estructural y en pacientes con HTA podrían relacionarse con alteración tubular precoz. Se propone la determinación de FALur para la detección temprana de lesión tubular ante falla renal establecida o en individuos con riesgo de desarrollarla, y se establece su utilidad en pacientes: - con DBT y HTA para seguimiento (junto a microalbuminuria y clearence de creatinina), - internados en riesgo de insuficiencia renal aguda: para orientar tratamientos, - con insuficiencia renal crónica: como indicador de lesión y pronóstico.

The objective of this study was to determine the activity of urinary Alkaline Phosphatase (ALPur) to evaluate early tubular failure and its diagnostic usefulness. The patients studied were: 20 Controls (C), 11 with Hipertensión (HTA), 23 Diabetic (DBT) and 34 with renal Insufficiency of diverse origin (IRDO). The creatinine, creatinine clearence (kinetic Jaffé) serum and urinary ALP (kinetic DGKC), microalbuminuria (Immunoturbidimetric), proteiunuria (Turbidimetric), uroproteinogram, SDS-PAGE (12.5%) and ALP isoenzymes determinations were made. The results indicate that serum ALP was normal, without difference between groups, and no relation with the increase in ALPur. Recommended cut-off value of ALPur was 8 UI/L. ALPur was elevated in HTA and IRDO, and normal in DBT. Increases in ALPur in IRDO were related to the structural tubular injury, and those in HTA could be related to early tubular alteration. Determination of ALPur is proposed for early detection of tubular injury, before renal failure is established or when there is risk of developing it, establishing its usefulness in: - DBT and HTA patients: screening (together with microalbuminuria and creatinine clearence). - Hospitalized patients in risk of acute renal insufficiency: in order to orient treatments. - Patients with chronic renal insufficiency: as an indicator of injury and prognosis.

The effects of static magnetic field and pulsed electromagnetic field on alkaline phosphatase and dna synthetic activity of ME3t3-E1 cells / 대한치과교정학회지

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of magnetic field on cellular activity of MC3T3-El cells. The celular activity was monitored by alkaline phosphatase and DNA synthetic activity in control, static magnetic field and pulsed electromagnetic field groups. A static magnetic field was applied to the cell by placing one, two, three, four, and five samarium-cobalt magnets above and below each cell plate for 24hours per day. A pulsed electromagnetic field with a frequency of 100 herz was applied for 10 hours per day. After 10 days of magnetic field exposure, there were increase of alkaline phosphatase activity in static magnetic field groups consisted of one, two and three magnetic groups, Alkaline phosphatase activities were not significantly increased in four and five magnetic groups, Application of pulsed electromagnetic field did not result in significant increase in alkaline phosphatase activity compared to control. DNA synthetic activity in both static and pulsed electromagnetic field group were not significantly different from that in control group, The result of this study suggest that magnetic field could have effect on the metabolism of bone cells related to the cellular metabolic process,