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. 2001 Jun;25(6 Suppl):46S-50S.
doi: 10.1097/00000374-200106001-00011.

A variant of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin was increased in alcoholic liver disease without hepatocellular carcinoma

M Ohhira  1 , H Saito, Y Suzuki, T Naraki, S Sakurai, T Ohtake, M Suzuki, M Ohhira, Y Fujimoto And, Y Kohgo
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A variant of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin was increased in alcoholic liver disease without hepatocellular carcinoma

M Ohhira et al. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2001 Jun.

Abstract

Serum variants of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) recognized by two different monoclonal antibodies, 19B7 and MU-3, were measured in patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), and the values were compared with those of viral liver disease (VLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the assay that used 19B7 antibody, DCP levels in ALD and HCC were significantly higher than that of VLD, although there was no significant difference in the values between ALD and HCC. In the assay that used MU-3 antibody, DCP level of HCC was significantly higher than those of ALD and VLD, although there was no significant difference in values between ALD and VLD. The ratio of 19B7/MU-3 assay values was significantly higher for ALD than the ratios for VLD and HCC. It is suggested that ALD has a different DCP variant pattern compared with VLD and HCC, which suggests that ALD has a different mechanism of DCP production.

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