Specific Immunoassay Reveals Increased Serum Trypsinogen 3 in Acute Pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Jani Oiva,
Outi Itkonen,
Riitta Koistinen,
Kristina Hotakainen,
Wangming Zhang,
Esko Kemppainen,
Pauli Puolakkainen,
Leena Kylänpää,
UlfHåkan Stenman,
Hannu Koistinen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2011.167965
Subject(s) - trypsinogen , immunoassay , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , medicine , endocrinology , gastroenterology , chemistry , immunology , antibody , biochemistry , enzyme , trypsin
Trypsinogen 3 is a minor trypsinogen isoform in the pancreas. In contrast with trypsin 1 and 2, trypsin 3 degrades pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor, which may lead to an excess of active trypsin and acute pancreatitis (AP). We developed an immunoassay for trypsinogen 3 and studied whether an assay of serum trypsinogen 3 is of clinical utility in the diagnosis of AP.
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