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Published on: November 1, 2018
[The functional properties of the erythrocyte membranes in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis]
Abstract:
Mg-, Ca-, Na-, K-ATPase, acetylcholine esterase and sulfhydryl groups of red blood cell membranes were evaluated in 40 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis in preazotemia stage versus 34 healthy controls. In chronic glomerulonephritis there was a significant fall in Ca-ATPase activity irrespective of the disease pattern. Na, K-ATPase tended tot a decrease contrary to sulfhydryl groups levels and acetylcholine esterase activity. In the nephrotic variant of the disease Na, K-ATPase, Ca-ATPase activity dropped and came to increase due to glucocorticosteroid treatment. The changes are attributed to modification of the lipid bilayer of the red blood cell membranes.
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