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1769119

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
In order to test the sensitivity of leucocyte zinc determination in the assessment of zinc status, an isolation procedure of mononuclear (MNC) and polymorphonuclear (PMNC) cell fractions was developed. Zinc concentrations in cells from healthy subjects were (mean +/- SD, in mumol/10(10) cells): 0.81 +/- 0.24 in MNC and 0.55 +/- 0.06 in PMNC. In patients suffering from several diseases known to be associated with a marginal impairment in zinc status (cirrhosis, cancer, obesity, endocrine and rheumatic diseases), these concentrations did not differ from those in controls except in rheumatic patients in whom MNC zinc was increased (1.05 +/- 0.42 mumol/10(10) cells) and correlated with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r = 0.41, P less than 0.01). This relation was also significant in the whole study population (r = 0.39, P less than 0.01). Leucocyte zinc therefore appears to have a limited value in the assessment of marginally impaired zinc status, except in inflammatory states.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0009-8981
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
203
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Interest of zinc determination in leucocyte fractions for the assessment of marginal zinc status.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't