AIMS Determination of degree of liver function damadge after nonpentrative and penetrative injury as well as degree of postoperative recovery of liver function after surgical procedure of penetrative and non-penetrative injury. METHODS 60 patients were analised by retrospective-prospective study after surgery performed on University-Clinical Centre Tuzla in period from March 2008 to June 2011...

Mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular disease is one of the fundamental health problems at present. Proteinuria is not only commonly recognized factor of progression of chronic renal diseases, but is also independent risk factor for cardiovascular complications. Lately, the value of albuminuria as a prognostic factor in the course of cardiovascular diseases has increased its significanc...

Specific pea protein fractionation steps can be used to control foaming and emulsifying properties of three fractions at pH 7.0. Mild fractionation, involving dispersion the flour 8.0, subsequent centrifugation, drying supernatant yielded a concentrate (PPC). Further was achieved by applying isoelectric precipitation on supernatant, followed re-dispersion, resulting in globulin-rich fraction (G...

Albumins are the most well-known globular proteins, and the most typical representatives are the serum albumins. However, less attention was paid to the albumin family, except for the human and bovine serum albumin. To characterize the features of albumin family, we have mined all the putative albumin proteins from the available genome sequences. The results showed that albumin is widely distri...

2S albumin storage proteins are becoming of increasing interest in nutritional and clinical studies as they have been reported as major food allergens in seeds of many mono- and di-cotyledonous plants. This review describes the main biochemical, structural and functional properties of these proteins thought to play a role in determining their potential allergenicity. 2S albumins are considered ...

Ara h 2, a peanut 2S albumin, is associated with severe allergic reactions, but a homologous protein, soybean 2S albumin, is not recognized as an important allergen. Structural difference between these proteins might explain this clinical discrepancy. Therefore, we mapped sequential epitopes and compared the structure of Ara h 2, Soy Al 1, and Soy Al 3 (Gly m 8) to confirm whether structural di...

BACKGROUND To assess the relations between albuminuria and selected cardiovascular risk factors. MATERIAL/METHODS The study population comprised 200 apparently healthy soldiers aged 28.8±8.1, observed for 36 months. RESULTS Albuminuria was revealed in 9% of the studied group at the beginning of the study and in 12.7% at the end of the observation. Albumins increased from 97.0±61.0 mg/24 hou...

A need for precise data on the amino acid composition of dog albumin, for the investigation of the rate of albumin synthesis, led to the present study. In preparation of pure dog albumin, it was found that the procedures used for bovine and human albumins were generally applicable, but that certain modifications were required. Likewise, despite a general similarity, differences in amino acid co...

Human plasma proteins and even structurally similar homologous albumins were fingerprinted and discriminated by a sensor array consisting of a polyion complex library with artificial differentiation constructed by facile tuning of PEGylated polyamine functionalities.