Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels in the serum of 15 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 9 with leprosy were measured by means of a spectrophotometric method. The serum produced from 10 blood donors was used as a control. Leprosy is accompanied by a sharp drop of ACE levels, which is attributed by the authors to a cellular immunodeficiency. In case of tuberculosis, a higher ACE level in blood often follows fibrosis formed in the lung along with a tuberculin hyperergia. The opinion that the ACE level reflects the tuberculosis or leprosy activity as well as the granulomatous tissue extension in tuberculosis patients has not been confirmed.
BT - Problemy tuberkuleza C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2167476?dopt=Abstract DA - 1990 IS - 5 J2 - Probl Tuberk LA - rus N2 -Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels in the serum of 15 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 9 with leprosy were measured by means of a spectrophotometric method. The serum produced from 10 blood donors was used as a control. Leprosy is accompanied by a sharp drop of ACE levels, which is attributed by the authors to a cellular immunodeficiency. In case of tuberculosis, a higher ACE level in blood often follows fibrosis formed in the lung along with a tuberculin hyperergia. The opinion that the ACE level reflects the tuberculosis or leprosy activity as well as the granulomatous tissue extension in tuberculosis patients has not been confirmed.
PY - 1990 SP - 54 EP - 6 T2 - Problemy tuberkuleza TI - [Angiotensin converting enzyme in the blood serum of patients with tuberculosis and leprosy]. SN - 0032-9533 ER -