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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-4-30
pubmed:abstractText
A sensitive and reliable radioimmunoassay for human calcitonin was described and applied to preliminary clinical studies. 125I-labelled synthetic human calcitonin M was purified by gel filtration with Sephadex G-25 and G-100. A nonequilibrium incubation system was applied at the final volume of incubation mixture of 500 mul, in which pooled plasma from normal subjects or hormone free serum was used as carrier protein at 20% incubation mixture. Dextran T 40 coated charcoal, resuspended in 1% bovine serum albumin buffer, was used for the separation of free from bound tracer. This showed the least nonspecific adsorption of tracer to charcoal. The assay was sensitive to 0.1 ng per milliliter of plasma. Recovery of synthetic human calcitonin added to plasma was found to be 101% (S. D., +/- 8). Diluted plasma from a patient with medullary thyroid carcinoma showed a dilution curve parallel to standards. Basal calcitonin levels were less than 0.3 ng/ml in normal subjects. Relatively high values were found in patients with chronic renal failure and in patients with malignant tumors. Extremely elevated values were found in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma. Provocative calcium infusion tests were also performed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0013-7219
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
419-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Bone Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Calcitonin, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Giant Cell Tumors, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Graves Disease, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Hyperparathyroidism, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Hypoparathyroidism, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Multiple Myeloma, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Osteomyelitis, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Osteosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Thyroid Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1061670-Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Radioimmunoassay for human calcitonin employing synthetic calcitonin M: its clinical application.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article