It is evident that an elevation of airway albumin excreation rate without clinical proteinuria strongly predicts a later progression on diabetic renal disease. So we studied the correlation between Microalbumin checkly RIA & Micral-Test®. We collected urine between 08:00 h and 08:00 h next day and then checked microalbuminuria by radioimmunoassay method and Micral-Test® The results are as follows: 1. There was significant correlation between microalbuminuria checked by RIA & Micral-Test® 2. There was poor correlation between diabetes duration or HV-A1c and maximal change in albumin excreation rate. 3. So we concluded that Micral-Test® can be used in laboratory instead of RIA.
Methods ; Proteinuria ; Radioimmunoassay

The relationship between the Ledig cell of testis and the tropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland has been ineddquately expiored in man because of methodological difficulties levels in human serum. As testosterone in one of the most important anabolie hormones, it would therefore serve as an index to hormanal response to stress in man. This study was performed to inveatigate the effect of thalamonal-N2O-O2 anesthesia and surgery on human sex hormone by radioimmunoassay method. Measured serum testosterone lexels in the preanesthetic period, 60 minutes after anesthesia and surgery, and at full rectxary from anesthesia were 5.64ng/ml 4.40ng/ml and 5.02ng/ml, respectively.
Anesthesia* ; Humans ; Methods ; Pituitary Gland, Anterior ; Radioimmunoassay ; Testis ; Testosterone*

The relationship between the Leydig cell of testis and the tropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland has been inadequately explored in man because of methodological difficulties. Ether anesthesia has been shown to increase testicular blood level of testosterone in man. Some report has appeared on the effect of anesthesia person sex hormone levels in human serum. As testosterone is one of the most important anabolic hormones, it would therefore serve as an index to hormonal response to stress in man. Testosterone levels were measured by Oyama et al by competitive protein binding method. This study was done to investigate the effect of halothane anesthesia and surgery on human sex hormone by radioimmunoassay method. Serum testosterone levels measured at preanesthetic period, 60 minutes after anesthesia and surgery, and full recovery from anesthesia were 4. 18+/-l. 64 ng/ml, 4. 19+/-1.40 ng/ml and 3. 74+/-1. 65 ng/ml, respectively. No statistical significance was noticed each other. The obtained value of testosterone was the lowest compared with the values reported by other authors.
Anesthesia* ; Ether ; Halothane* ; Humans ; Methods ; Pituitary Gland, Anterior ; Protein Binding ; Radioimmunoassay ; Testis ; Testosterone*

BACKGROUND: Thyroglobulin (Tg) is the primary biochemical marker used to monitor patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) for residual or recurrent disease after total thyroidectomy, as only normal or well-differentiated malignant thyroid cells produce Tg. Here, we evaluated the precision and functional sensitivity (FS) of a recently developed highly sensitive Tg (hsTg) electrochemiluminescent immunoassay (ECLIA) and compared it to that of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) method using pooled human serum with low levels of Tg. METHODS: For the ECLIA method, the Elecsys Tg II kit (Roche Diagnostics, Germany) was used with an E170 analyzer (Roche Diagnostics). For the RIA method, the Tg-plus-RIA kit (BRAHAMS, Germany) was used with a Cobra Quantum gamma counter (Packard Instrument Company, USA). The precision and limit of detection (LOD) were determined according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. FS was determined using a modification of the CLSI guideline. RESULTS: The total precision of the hsTg ECLIA and RIA methods was 9.6% and 48.2%, respectively. The manufacturer-reported LOD was verified by the hsTg ECLIA (0.04 ng/mL), but not by the RIA method (>0.08 ng/mL). The hsTg ECLIA showed better FS (0.04 ng/mL at a coefficient of variation [CV] of 10%) than the RIA method (0.37 ng/mL at a CV of 20%). CONCLUSIONS: Thus, the hsTg ECLIA performed better than the RIA method in terms of FS, which is extremely important for the early detection of residual or recurrent disease in DTC patients after total thyroidectomy. The excellent performance of the hsTg ECLIA could allow for clinical Tg measurement without thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulation, in contrast to the insufficient performance of the RIA method.
Biomarkers ; Elapidae ; Humans ; Immunoassay* ; Limit of Detection ; Methods ; Radioimmunoassay* ; Thyroglobulin* ; Thyroid Gland ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; Thyroidectomy ; Thyrotropin

The relationship between the Leydig cell of testis and the tropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland has been inadequately explored in man because of methodological difficulties. A report has appeared on the effect of anesthesia per se on sex hormone levels in human serum. As testosterone is one of the most important anabolic hormones, it would therefore serve as an index to hormonal response to stress in man. Tcsticular blood level of testcsterone in man was increased by ether anesthesia but plasma testcsterone one in man was decreased by halothane anesthesia. Plasma testostercne levels were measured by others. by a competitive protein binding method. This study was performed to investigate the effect of methoxyflurane anesthesia and surgery on human sex hormone by a radioimmunoassay method. Serum testosterone levels measured in the pre-anesthetic period, (60 minutes after anesthesia and surgery, and at full recovery from. anesthesia were 3.80+/-1. 75 ng/ml, 0. 58+/-1. 22 ng/ml and 3. 55+/-1. 85 ng/ml, respectively. No statistical significance was observed. The obtained value of testostercne was the lowest when compared with the values reported by others.
Anesthesia* ; Ether ; Halothane ; Humans ; Methods ; Methoxyflurane* ; Pituitary Gland, Anterior ; Plasma ; Protein Binding ; Radioimmunoassay ; Testis ; Testosterone*

BACKGROUND: Although the precise pathogenesis of the Behçet's disease is not yet undertween the severity of Behçet's disease and the serum cytokine level. development of cytokine research has made it possible to find out if there is an association between the severity of Behçet's syndrome and the serum cytokine level. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to elucidate whether the immunopathological mechanism is associated with the serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1β (I1,1β) which are predominantly produced by monocytes/macrophages, and mterleukm-6 (IL-6). METHOD: Sixty seven patients of Behçet's disease and ten healthy adults as a control group were studied. Serum TNF and IL-6 levels were detected by enzyme immunoassay and serum IL-lβ levels by radioimmunoassay. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in the serum levels of TNF, IL-1β, TL-6 compared with the control group. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that the immunopathological reactions of the Behçet's disease are not associated with a monocyte/macrophage dependent mechanism, possibly due to other immunocompetent cells.
Adult ; Humans ; Immunoenzyme Techniques ; Interleukin-6* ; Methods ; Necrosis* ; Radioimmunoassay ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Insulin is readily concentrated from 10 to 50 ml of urine with better than 75% recovery using octadecylsilyl (ODS) silica columns (C18Sep-Pak cartridge) and can then be measured by radioimmunoassay. Fractionation on Sephadex G50 gel filtration reveals that the apparent immunoreactivity corresponds for the most part to 6000 dalton insulin. Renal clearance of insulin in 5 normal subjects does not appear to differ in the fasted or fed state and ranged from 0.34 to 0.58 ml/min with an average of 0.44 +/- 0.10 (S.D.) ml/min. Increased urinary insulin output was observed following feeding and fell during prolonged fasting. Insulin output in urine from 7 non-diabetic subjects ranged from 11 to 39 mU/24 hr, averaging 25 +/- 10 mU/24 hr. In normal subjects without renal disease a single determination of renal insulin clearance and a timed urinary insulin output appear to be sufficient for determination of mean plasma insulin during that time period. Concentration of urine using this methodology could provide the material for HPLC screening for abnormal insulins and for their subsequent purification to determine the site of change in amino acid sequence.
Adult ; Chromatography, Gel ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Insulin/blood/*urine ; Male ; Metabolic Clearance Rate ; Middle Aged ; Radioimmunoassay/*methods

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the relationship between circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and colorectal cancer.

METHODSA meta-analysis of 6 epidemiological studies on insulin-like growth factors and risk of colorectal cancer were performed.

RESULTSThe pooled odds ratio (OR) of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 were 1.56 (95% CI: 1.14-2.13) and 0.78 (95% CI: 0.43-1.44) respectively. According to the results from different measurements (enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay and immunoradiometric assay), the pooled OR were 1.92 and 1.23 for IGF-1, 0.46 and 1.44 for IGFBP-3 respectively.

CONCLUSIONHigh serum levels of IGF-1 were independent risk factors of colorectal cancer but the OR of IGFBP-3 was not statistically significant. The heterogeneity between studies on IGFBP-3 and colorectal cancer was caused by different measurements used, but there was still a need to conduct simultaneous large size study under 2 different measurements for further conclusion.

China ; epidemiology ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; blood ; epidemiology ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; methods ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 ; blood ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I ; metabolism ; Radioimmunoassay ; Risk Factors

OBJECTIVETo observe the changes of serum free testosterone (FT) and testosterone secreting index (TSI) in ED patients, and to assess the contribution of these two indexes to the diagnosis of ED caused by endocrine factors.

METHODSWe studied 120 ED patients and 30 healthy men undergoing pre-marital medical check-up in Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM by analyzing the scores on erectile function and desire domain in IIEF, testing the serum total testosterone, luteinizing hormone by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLIA), measuring free testosterone by radioimmunoassay( RIA), and calculating TSI.

RESULTSOf the 120 ED patients, 5% and 1538% were below the reference norm of TT and FT values respectively. TT, FT and TSI decreased with age, with statistical with FT and TSI, but not with TT. FT and TSI statistically declined with lower IIEF score on ED domain, but this was not the case with TT. There were no significant differences in TI, FT and TSI among different sexual desire groups the ED patients.

CONCLUSIONFT is much more valuable than TF in the diagnosis of ED with hypogonadism. Both FT and TSI are important parameters in assessing the severity of ED.

Adult ; Aged ; China ; Erectile Dysfunction ; blood ; metabolism ; Humans ; Immunoenzyme Techniques ; methods ; Luteinizing Hormone ; blood ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Radioimmunoassay ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Testosterone ; blood ; secretion

Digoxin plays a part in healing of congestive heart failure in clinic. Its therapeutic dose is very approximate to toxic dose and even they overlap each other sometimes. There are many influencing factors on blood drug level of digoxin. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics varies with different individuality. It is indispensable to detecting blood drug level in order to treat disease and prevent intoxication. Integrating with the detecting-methods of blood drug level of digoxin home and broad, characteristic of many methods are summarized from sensitivity, linearity range, cross-reaction and precision. These methods include radio immunoassay, enzyme immunoassay, chemiluminescence immunoassay, fluorescence immunoassay and HPLC-MS-MS. These methods are popular for their specialized ascendancy. The cost of radio immunoassay is low. Enzyme immunoassay has good specificity. Sensitivity and stability of chemiluminescence immunoassay is very excellent. Fluorescence polarization immunoassay is sensitive and convenient. HPLC-MS-MS has high resolution and good specificity. One of the development tendencies is to combine two or more methods in detecting the blood drug level of digoxin which contribute to these methods integrated use.
Chemistry Techniques, Analytical ; methods ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Digoxin ; blood ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay ; Fluoroimmunoassay ; Humans ; Radioimmunoassay ; Reproducibility of Results ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry