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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΡΙΒΟΝΟΥΚΛΕΑΣΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΟΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ ΣΕ ΥΓΙΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ ΜΕ ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΙΑΣ ΠΡΩΤΕΙΝΗΣ ΠΟΥ ΠΑΡΕΜΒΑΙΝΕΙ ΣΤΗ ΔΡΑΣΗ ΤΟΥΣ

Abstract

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FIVE RIBONUCLEASES WERE PURIFIED FROM THE SERUM OF NORMAL HUMAN SUBJECTS. THE PROPERTIES OF FOUR OF THEM WERE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF THE SECRETORY TYPE RIBONUCLEASES (OPTIMUM PH 8 AND FASTER HYDROLYSIS OF POLY-C COMPARED TO POLY-K). THE FIFTH ENZYME, WITH THE LOWER MOL. SIZE, HYDROLYZED FASTER POLY-K WITH AN OPTIMUMPH 7, AND THUS CAN BE CLASSIFIED TO THE NON-SECRETORY TYPE RIBONUCLEASES. THE SERUM RIBONUCLEASES OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER WERE IN GENERAL IDENTICAL WITH THOSE OF HEALTHY SUBJECTS EXCEPT FOR HEPATOMA PATIENTS WHERE THE FIFTH ENZYME WAS ALSO OF SECRETORY TYPE. A PROTEIN NAMED PRP 150 WITH MOL. SIZE 150 KD WAS PURIFIED TO HOMOGENEITY FROM HUMAN SERUM. PRP 150 IN THE PRESENCE OF RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTS RNA AGAINST ACID PRECIPITATION WITH TCA. THE PROTECTIVE ACTIVITY WAS MEASURED WITH POLY-U AS SUBSTRATE IN THE SERA OF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND CANCER PATIENTS. A 2-5 FOLD INCREASE WAS OBSERVED IN THE LATTER. THE RESULTS OBTAINED, SHOWED THAT PRP 150 COULD BE A TRUSTWORTHY MARKER FOR THE DETECTION OF CANCER ANDTHE DIFFERENTIATION OF CANCER PATIENTS AND PATIENTS WITH NON-NEOPLASMIC DISEASES.

Degree

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Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Year dc:date
1990

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Kouretas, Dimitrios
  • Κουρέτας, Δημήτριος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1445
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1445

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2026-07-24
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citation

Kouretas, Dimitrios; Κουρέτας, Δημήτριος. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΡΙΒΟΝΟΥΚΛΕΑΣΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΟΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ ΣΕ ΥΓΙΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ ΜΕ ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΙΑΣ ΠΡΩΤΕΙΝΗΣ ΠΟΥ ΠΑΡΕΜΒΑΙΝΕΙ ΣΤΗ ΔΡΑΣΗ ΤΟΥΣ. Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1445