Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, triglycerides, and enzyme induction.

7 Y - Glutamyl Transpeptidase , Triglycerides , and Enzyme Induction

During studies of the value of serum levels of y-glutamyl transpeptidase (y-GT; EC 2, 3, 2, 1) as an indicator of microsomal enzyme induction an association was observed in some subjects between raised levels of y-GT and raised triglyceride levels. As the enzymes of hepatic triglyceride synthesis are also located in the microsomes a study was carried out to test whether the relationship was sig...

Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in cancer diagnosis.

Serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase ( G G T ), alkaline phosphatase (A L P ) and aspartate aminotransferase (A ST) were assayed in patients with cancer. GGT was more sensitive than either ALP or AST in detecting metastatic car­ cinoma to the liver in both icteric and anicteric patients with cancer. Extremely high activities of GGT were seen in patients with hepatoma, carcinoma of the pancreas a...

Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase--its role in hepatocarcinogenesis.

Introduction The enzyme gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)* is widely used as a marker in preneoplastic lesions in the liver during chemical carcinogenesis (1). The discovery of a link between GGT and liver carcinogenesis first occurred in 1972 when Fiala and co-workers reported elevated levels of the enzyme in livers of rats fed the hepatocarcinogen 3'-methyl-4dimethylaminoazobenzene and also...

Gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase in myocardial infarction. Clinical and experimental studies.

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Human atherosclerotic plaques contain gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase enzyme activity.

Aldo Paolicchi, Michele Emdin, Erri Ghliozeni, Eugenio Ciancia, Claudio Passino, George Activity Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Contain Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase Enzyme Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2004 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10...