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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
The interrelationships between PRL, thymulin and Zn, were studied in 25 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) undergoing kidney transplantation and immunosuppressed with cyclosporine A (CsA). The possible role of serum PRL levels in predicting allograft rejection was also investigated. Before the kidney transplant serum PRL levels were significantly higher than in normals (mean +/- SE, 28.3 +/- 7.1 vs 7.5 +/- 0.6 micrograms/l, p less than 0.001) and their response to TRH (200 micrograms iv) was impaired (mean delta % at peak, 45.4 +/- 9.5 vs + 641 +/- 47.5, p less than 0.001). After kidney transplantation a dramatic decrease in serum PRL concentrations was observed in all patients, followed by a slight upward trend in the following two weeks, while TRH test administered on 3rd, 7th and 14th day, induced a progressive increase in serum PRL responses (delta % at peak, 201 +/- 43.3, 220 +/- 37.1 and 305 +/- 15.5, respectively). No difference in serum PRL patterns was observed between patients with (8 cases) and without (17 cases) clinical features and kidney fine needle biopsies suggestive of rejection. Basal serum Zn levels of patients with CRF (18.1 +/- 0.6 mumol/l) were similar to those observed in normals (17.7 +/- 0.2 mumol/l) and without any correlation with serum PRL levels. A decrement in serum Zn was recorded during CsA infusion and on the first day after the surgery, followed by a slight and slow upward trend. Basal serum thymulin titers were low [2.92 +/- 0.18 (1/log2)], were further reduced after CsA infusion [1.68 +/- 0.15 (1/log2)] and returned to the pretransplant levels in the two weeks after grafting.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0391-4097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
709-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Creatinine, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Cyclosporins, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Kidney Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Monitoring, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Prolactin, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Renal Dialysis, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Thymic Factor, Circulating, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2127279-Zinc
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolactin, thymulin and zinc in chronic hemodialysis: effect of renal transplant.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Scienze Endocrine, University of Milano, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't