New clinical application of gamma-glutamyltransferase
- VernacularTitle:关注血清谷氨酰转移酶新的临床应用
- Author:
Jinliang WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gamma-Glutamyhransferase;
Liver diseases;
Heart diseases
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2003;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The routine biochemistry test-serum ?-glutamyltransferase(GGT,?-GT)has long been used for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of liver and bile duct diseases.Recent studies showed that high level serum GGT associated with occurrence of chronic kidney disease or insulin-resistance and type 2 diabetes afterward.Also,it can predict the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction or stroke.So,high level serum GGT associated with all-cause mortality in population.Serum GGT might be an indicator of oxidative stress showing the injures of cells by oxygen radicals and a predictive index of many diseases.More attention should be paid and emphasized on its predictive value.
