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Colonic mucosal tissue removed from humans with chronic ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis has been shown to have significantly less coenzyme A activity than tissue removed from patients with noninflammatory conditions.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Gloeckner, Janet Wilson"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Human and Community Development","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Layman, Donald K."],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2011,"date_issued":"2011-05-07T13:00:22Z","date_published":"2011-05-07T13:00:22Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:17Z","subjects":["Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery","Health Sciences, Nutrition"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":["Copyright 1992 Gloeckner, Janet Wilson"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["AAI9236467","(UMI)AAI9236467"],"render_values":[{"text":"AAI9236467","href":null,"code":true},{"text":"(UMI)AAI9236467","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/21167","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Layman, Donald K."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Gloeckner, Janet Wilson"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2011-05-07T13:00:22Z","10000-01-01","1992"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Human and Community Development"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery","Health Sciences, Nutrition"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Copyright 1992 Gloeckner, Janet Wilson"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["AAI9236467","(UMI)AAI9236467","http://hdl.handle.net/2142/21167"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["A specific deficiency syndrome for pantothenic acid in man has not been identified. 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Colon tissue, obtained at colectomy from 18 patients with chronic ulcerative colitis, 14 with Crohn's disease of the colon and 13 non-inflammatory conditions, were assayed for coenzyme A, dephosphocoenzyme A, and 4$\\sp\\prime$-phosphopantetheine, key intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway of coenzyme A from pantothenic acid.","Separation of the compounds was accomplished using high performance liquid chromatography. The compounds were labeled with monobromobimane for fluorescence detection and quantification. Use of this technique in this manner had not been previously reported. Preliminary studies in porcine spiral colon tissue extracts demonstrated that the method was accurate, reliable, and reproducible.","Levels of coenzyme A determined for normal human colon tissue (19 micrograms/gram tissue) were lower than previously reported. Coenzyme A level was higher in tissue from chronic ulcerative colitis patients (35 micrograms/gram tissue) and significantly higher in tissue from Crohn's disease patients (109 micrograms/gram tissue) than tissue removed from normal controls. This finding contrasts previous work showing lowered values for coenzyme A acetylation activity (used to estimate amount of the molecule) in tissue from inflammatory bowel disease patients.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:00:22Z (GMT). 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