Analysis of reticuloendothelial phagocytic function and plasma fibronectin following digestive surgery.

Reticuloendothelial system phagocytic function in patients with Hodgkin's disease.

Phagocytic function of the reticuloendothelial system as measured by the clearance of (125)I-labeled aggregated human serum albumin (AA) was studied in patients with Hodgkin's disease. Each more advanced stage of the disease was associated with more rapid clearance of the AA. Production of remission by radiation therapy or by chemotherapy was associated in some patients with slowing of the clea...

Plasma Fibronectin. Structure and Function

The book opens with a discussion of aging as an evolutionary process and continues to examine the genetics of senescence. The papers that follow present an increasingly broad view of aging. The second section of the book addresses the various issues involved in estimating maturity from the skeletal structures, and the two final sections examine the phenomenon of aging from a societal perspectiv...

Plasma fibronectin and thyroid function.

Plasma fibronectin concentrations up to 85 mg/100 ml were found in hyperthyroid patients. There was a significant correlation between free thyroxine index and plasma fibronectin values. Hypothyroid patients had low to normal fibronectin concentrations. Parallel decreases of thyroid hormones and plasma fibronectin concentrations were noted during treatment with thiamazole. A direct effect of thy...

Quantitative discrimination of hepatic reticuloendothelial clearance and phagocytic killing.

An in vivo assay to quantify simultaneously two important components of hepatic reticuloendothelial system (RES) function--clearance and phagocytic killing--was developed in the rat. Intravenously injected E. coli labeled with Na51Cr and 5-[125I]-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine were cleared rapidly from the blood primarily by the liver. While hepatic 51Cr levels remained stable for 24 h following inoculat...

Reticuloendothelial phagocytic function in patients with leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.